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The Stone Wife (2014)

by Peter Lovesey(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1616953934 (ISBN13: 9781616953935)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Soho Crime

series

Peter Diamond

review 1: I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as the others in this series for several reasons. While it had a very promising start with the Chaucer angle, my interest waned with the undercover operation which seemed to contribute nothing to the overall solving of the crime. This, combined with the odd amnesia story, had me wishing to finish this book as soon as possible. Hopefully, the next story will see the team better utilized.
review 2: Did Peter Lovesey really write this book? I am a huge Peter Diamond fan and usually an even bigger fan of Peter Lovesey's writing, but this book left me flat to say the least. There were huge and glaring holes in the plot, the storyline was disjointed and the characters were like caricatures of themselves. The premise is a go... moreod one. It is based on historic artifacts from Geoffrey Chaucer, and Chaucer's life is covered in some detail in the book. Peter Diamond and his team are on the trail of a murderous trio from an auction house. A stone carving of The Wife of Bath (also from Chaucer) was on the block and bringing much higher bids than the auctioneer had predicted. Then three men enter the sale trying to steal the huge carving, and by the time they leave one of the bidders has been shot dead and The Wife of Bath is still sitting on the floor as the gang of thieves left it behind. Peter has to do a little historical research for this case and that is where the Chaucer references come in. But the book was so disjointed and let me say silly, that I found I really didn't care by the end who had done the murder. I certainly hope that this book isn't a preview of others to come in this series, as I really want to get back to the old Peter Diamond stories. They are usually books that I find full of wit and humour and they usually have a fairly tricky mystery. This one is not that kind of book. less

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