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Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.
Lovesey derives genuine emotion from Diamond's potential retirement, and his golden age-style plotting is as tight as ever. This sends the series out on a high note -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review Diamond shines one last time . . . Superb -as always. -- PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH The consummate professional Peter Lovesey has served up another tantalising treat of a mystery * DEADLY PLEASURES * A compelling and positive farewell to one of the most iconic fictional detectives of the past thirty years. * Mystery People * [Diamond's] wily investigation of a probable miscarriage of justice is a fitting end to his creator's long career -- Joan Smith * SUNDAY TIMES * This story shows Diamond at his best. The sense of fun that Peter Lovesey must have had in writing this novel is palpable . . .an admirable achievement. -- MARTIN EDWARDS Lovesey is retiring too, and the sharpness of eye and style that give an edge to his delicious entertainments will be missed. -- Jake Kerridge * TELEGRAPH *
