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Peter Moreira is the author of The Haight Crime Series, in which Lieut. Jimmy Spracklin investigates crimes in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the late 1960s.

The series is the result of Peter’s love affair with Haight-Ashbury, which began when he hitchhiked twice to San Francisco from Vancouver in 1981. He adored the history, the friendly people, the romance of the setting. Throughout his career in journalism – which included postings in Ottawa, Hong Kong, Seoul and London – he kept mulling over the idea of a mystery set in Haight-Ashbury. He wanted to produce what he called a whodunnit with hippies.

As an author, Peter began with non-fiction, starting with Hemingway on the China Front in 2006. After a few non-fiction titles, The
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The Haight (The Haight Myst...

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Hemingway on the China Fron...

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I love perfect, short novels and this is one of them. It's as gripping now as it was when I first read it all those decade ago. Looking forward to seeing the BBC series based on it. ...more
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I'm on a Graham Greene kick right now so I reread this book. It's brilliant, and I still love the character of Ida Arnold. And Pinky is such a wonderful character -- so steeped in Catholicism. ...more
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So I'm not a rabid Sherlock Holmes fan. (My favorite Arthur Conan Doyle novel isn't even a Holmes novel; it's The Lost World.) But this one really disappointed, mainly because of the end. Holmes made leaps of logic that were ridiculous even for a Hol ...more
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My wife was reading this gem so I pinched it and read it while she wasn't looking. It was a joy to read it again. Nothing stood out this time round -- just a fascinating piece of mid-century political allegory. ...more
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I simply love this book. I wouldn't change a word of it if I were asked to edit it. I only realized in posting this review that I read it as recently as last year. I may read it again next year. It's just so good. What I learned in this reading was a ...more
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Both the Guardian and the NYT rated this book as one of the best crime novels for 2025, and I really liked it. I wouldn't rate it as the best of the year as it got confusing at times with too many characters and the murderers revealing their complici ...more
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