The Stone Wife

Peter Diamond #14

Peter Lovesey

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Sphere
14 April 2015

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: Peter Diamond Mystery

NOW IN PAPERBACK Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is shot dead. Peter Diamond, head of the murder squad, soon finds himself sharing an office with the stone wife - until he is ejected. To his extreme annoyance the lump of stone appears to exert a malign influence over him and his investigation. Refusing to be beaten, he rallies his team and begins finding suspects and motives. The case demands that someone goes undercover. The dangerous mission falls to Sergeant Ingeborg Smith, reverting to her journalist persona to get the confidence of a wealthy local criminal through his pop star girlfriend. And soon, murder makes a reappearance...

By: Peter Lovesey
Imprint: Sphere
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 14
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9780751554076
ISBN 10: 0751554073
Series: Peter Diamond Mystery
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 14 April 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.peterlovesey.com

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. He was Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.

Reviews for The Stone Wife: Peter Diamond #14

A new Peter Diamond mystery is a cause for rejoicing - Mystery Scene Peter Diamond may be my favourite fictional police detective - perky, dogged and very clever - Scotsman Peter Lovesey has an extraordinary talent for picking up the conventions of the classic English detective novel and delivering them with an entirely contemporary twist - Val McDermid