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Bloodhounds peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. Thus says one of the members of the bloodhounds of bath, a society that meets in a crypt to discuss crime novels. Roman d aventures with the novel a case of spirits, the macavity award with bloodhounds repeated. Bloodhounds supt peter diamond the summons supt peter diamond diamond solitaire. Im saving the other unread ones for the gray doldrums of january. Buy bloodhounds book online at best prices in india on. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This book was released in the year 1992 by the soho crime publication. Bloodhounds by peter lovesey is a peter diamond mystery novel. The fourth uniquely stylish crime novel, from the awardwinning peter diamond series.
Peter is head of the bath murder squad and feeling a little bored when a half million dollar heist of a cover stamp preceded by a rhyming riddle to all radio stations breaks the monotony. Peter lovesey has been writing mysteries since the 1970s and was even awarded the 2018 grand master award by mystery writers of america, but ive never read him before now. His daughter, kathy lovesey, was born in 1960, and now lives with her family in greenwich, connecticut. Detective superintendent peter diamond was suffering in the rear seat of a police car scorching toward bath along the keynsham bypass with the headlamps on full beam, blue light pulsing and siren wailing. The bloodhounds are a diverse group of mystery fans who meet in a. In bloodhounds, lovesey demonstrates his familiarity with his genre, referring by name to a large number of prominent mystery writers.
Peter diamond of the bath police returns in the fourth installment in this marvelous detective series. Peter lovesey was born in middlesex and studied at hampton grammar school and reading university, where he met his wife jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, wobble to death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world. A rare stamp is stolen from a museum, only to appear between the pages of a mystery book under consideration by a group of wingchair sleuths known as the bloodhounds. Buy bloodhounds book online at low prices in india. About bloodhounds peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. I am mad for these pyrotechnic teasers, and this one had my head spinning. Peter lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels. Im hoping he continues that pattern and book five will turn out to be an absolute corker. With this fourth installment, veteran english author lovesey gives us his laconic bath policeman peter diamond in full dazzle. Peter lovesey books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. The story itself is great lovesey is a master at the genre but the change of narrator has seriously diminished the overall enjoyment. Author peter lovesey pays tribute a wide range of mystery and thriller writers from the past and present by presenting a variety of archetypal mysteries within the larger whole of the story, and by using names and other identifying elements taken in tribute, and on purpose from writers ranging. Diamond, recently reinstated and promoted, is his usual irascible self.
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Peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. His novel is a sendup of several formulas familiar to readers of popular detective fiction. Peter lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the cwa gold and silver daggers and the diamond dagger for li. Diamond in full dazzle loveseys crime fiction reaches from. Bloodhounds a detective peter diamond mystery 9781569473771 by lovesey, peter and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in bath within hours of each other. I have listened to every available peter lovesey diamond book but if this one had been my first encounter it would have been my last. Praise for bloodhounds peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. Just prior to tonights meeting milo finds a rare penny black. Buy bloodhounds by peter lovesey online at alibris. Peter lovesey booklist peter lovesey message board. In his fourth diamond police procedural see the last detective, diamond solitaire, and the summons is a terrific tale that grips readers as the cops question the obsessed bloodhounds only to uncover all sorts of personal secrets, but no murder motive as none.
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