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.
Thames-side summer scenes plus real who-and-why puzzle add up to period piece of engaging charm - Sunday Telegraph The most light-hearted, but by no means the least compelling, of Lovesey's books - Marcel Berlins, The Times A relaxed and easy-going book, complete with traditional mystery traditionally solved - New York Times