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Books By Peter Lovesey

Bertie and the Crime of Passion
The Headhunters
Against the Grain
The Kings Of Distance: A Study of Five Great Runners
On the Edge
The Secret of Spandau
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
Goldengirl
Spider Girl
Keystone
Butchers and Other Stories of Crime
Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
The Black Cabinet
The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime
Murder on the Short List
Remaindered
Reader
The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
The False Inspector Dew
The Reaper
Rough Cider
Abracadaver
Mad Hatter's Holiday
The Tick of Death
A Case of Spirits
Swing
Waxwork
Bertie and the Tinman
Down Among the Dead Men
Bertie and the Seven Bodies
Another One Goes Tonight
Beau Death
The Circle
Killing with Confetti
The Finisher
Diamond and the Eye
Showstopper
Wobble to Death
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
The House Sitter
The Secret Hangman
Skeleton Hill
Stagestruck
Cop to Corpse
The Tooth Tattoo
The Stone Wife
The Last Detective
Diamond Solitaire
The Summons
Bloodhounds
Upon a Dark Night
The Vault
Diamond Dust

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In her foreword to Lovesey’s The Last Detective Louise Penny writes, “it broke every template, every tradition, every ‘rule’ of the genre’.” She also calls Peter Diamond “one of the great detectives in crime fiction.” Do you agree? What do you think of Lovesey’s cunning detective? And what about his other creations Sergeant Cribb and Hen Marlin? Share your thoughts on the works of one of the true masters of mysteries.

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White Nights
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Don't Let Go
Bloody Genius
What to Do When Someone Dies
Secret Smile
The Janus Stone
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The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists
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Need You Dead
Death of a Celebrity
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Fear the Worst
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Venus in Copper
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The Perfect Husband
Forbidden Fruit
Madame Tessier Knows All
A Conspiracy of Bones
S is for Silence
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A Bitter Truth
Two for the Lions
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Invitation to Die: A Short Story of Falco's Rome
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Unnatural Exposure
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?
Fire
Skeleton Hill
A Fatal Grace
The Coldest Case
Hunting Shadows
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Lone Wolf
One Step Too Far
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The Night She Disappeared
The Singing of the Dead
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In This Bright Future: A DC Smith Investigation
Salem Falls
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Friends
Twelfth Night
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An Unwilling Accomplice
Dark Corners
Grave of the Lawgiver
The River We Remember
Full Wolf Moon
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The Talented Mr. Varg
The Lost Boys: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
We Are All Guilty Here
A Darker Reality
Over the Edge
A Last Goodbye
Now You See Them
The Finisher
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
Righteous Prey
End of the Pier
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The Imposter: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Star Struck
Black and Blue
Deep South
The Deer Leap
Bloodless
The Long Way Home
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The Genius
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Murder at the Royal Ruby
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Remains of Innocence
Song of the Lion
Day of Atonement
Find Her
The Sleeping and the Dead
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Midnight Sun
Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel
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Someone in the House
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Knife Creek
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Brain Damage
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13 Steps Down
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Wolf to the Slaughter
Chasing the Dime
Persons of Interest: A DC Smith Investigation
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Stolen Prey
Raisins and Almonds
A Faint Cold Fear
Dead by Dawn
Trophy Hunt
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Deja Dead
Queen of the Flowers
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Lay Down the Law
A Silent Death
A Line to Kill
In Plain Sight: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Hardly Knew Her: Short Stories
Saving Faith
Ward D
The Full Cupboard of Life
Cause of Death
The Boy from the Woods
The Drop
Thursday's Children
Revenge of the Stormbringer
Finders Keepers
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Shock Wave
Breakup
Master of the Moor
Crowned and Dangerous
The Searcher
The Ambitious City
Zen Attitude
The Golem of Hollywood
Badlands: A Nora Kelly Thriller
The Killing Stones
The Blessing Way
Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Desperation
Westwind
In This Grave Hour
Gaslighted
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Fortune and Glory
Last Car to Elysian Fields
Upon a Dark Night
The Brutal Heart
The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren
The Grey Beginning
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation
Shooting at Loons
Full Bloom
In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II
Cadillac Jukebox
The Rising Tide
A Death in the Small Hours
Simply Lies
A Stranger in Mayfair
A Banquet of Consequences
The Crow Trap
The Shape Shifter
The Part-Time Job
Vicious Circle
Death Row
Below Zero
Depraved Heart
Hot to Trot: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
Monday Mourning
The Fallen Man
Dead Watch
The Sins of the Wolf: A William Monk Novel
A Demon In My View
A Lesson in Dying
A Perilous Undertaking
Winter Study
Night of the White Buffalo
Heavenly Pleasures
A Breach of Security
The Wedding Guest
Mary Russell's War: And Other Stories of Suspense
A Judgement in Stone
Cop to Corpse
Framed in Fire
The Dark on the Other Side
The Dark Vineyard
The Skeleton Road
Slow Dollar
Death of a Maid
Luck and Judgement: A DC Smith Investigation
A Share in Death
The Last Good Day
Denial
Smoke and Whispers
Asta's Book
Tooth and Nail
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane
Duma Key
Final Assignment
Crooked River
The Temptation of Forgiveness
Midsummer Night
Double Homicide
Set in Darkness
Brush Back
The Crack Cocaine Diet
Silent On The Moor
Clean Break
Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Longmire Mystery
Hunger
The Bone Hacker
The Secret Servant
Rock Paper Scissors
Snowflakes
Never
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G is for Gumshoe
Cruel and Unusual
The Gift: A Christmas Thriller Novelette
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Mad Hatter's Holiday
The Shapeshifter's Lair
The Dove of Death
Paper Money
Dangerous Waters
A Question of Death
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Dead Man's Time
Tall Oaks
Precious and Grace
City of the Dead
The Twenty-Three

“Like most of us, he had a large blind spot about his own faults.”

Peter Lovesey, Showstopper
Sally Murphy McDonald
“I read that Peter Lovesey has said if he could make a living from short stories he would be delighted to write nothing else. His mystery novels are great but I love his short stories. They are very original, and clever. Always surprising and a whole lot of fun.”