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Peter Lovesey


Born
in Whitton, Middlesex, England, The United Kingdom
September 10, 1936

Died
April 10, 2025

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Sports


Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. He was also one of the world's leading track and field statisticians.

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.87 · 64,850 ratings · 7,079 reviews · 295 distinct works • Similar authors
The Last Detective (Peter D...
3.81 avg rating — 8,155 ratings — published 1991 — 39 editions
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Diamond Solitaire (Peter Di...
3.88 avg rating — 2,981 ratings — published 1992 — 43 editions
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Bloodhounds (Peter Diamond,...
3.93 avg rating — 2,395 ratings — published 1996 — 44 editions
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The Summons (Peter Diamond,...
4.10 avg rating — 2,243 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions
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Down Among the Dead Men (Pe...
4.06 avg rating — 2,053 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions
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The Tooth Tattoo (Peter Dia...
3.94 avg rating — 2,113 ratings — published 2013 — 29 editions
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The House Sitter (Peter Dia...
4.09 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2003 — 28 editions
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Another One Goes Tonight (P...
4.06 avg rating — 2,031 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions
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The Secret Hangman (Peter D...
3.91 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — 29 editions
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Wobble to Death (Sergeant C...
3.68 avg rating — 2,126 ratings — published 1970 — 48 editions
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Series by Peter Lovesey

The Last Detective Diamond Solitaire The Summons Bloodhounds Upon A Dark Night The Vault Diamond Dust
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The House Sitter The Circle The Headhunters
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Bertie And The Tinman Bertie and the Seven Bodies Bertie and the Crime of Pas...
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“she had been perfectly agreeable until I showed my face. That’s how it is with that kind of madness. Ninety-nine per cent of the time they seem perfectly sane.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective
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“I wonder if we’re dealing with an amateur,” she said. “Who keeps a revolver in his sock drawer? This isn’t America.”
― Peter Lovesey, Beau Death
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“hunches are mostly your brain telling you what you want to hear.”
― Peter Lovesey, Diamond and the Eye
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