Peter Diamond (5 books in series)
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review 1: Once again the title of one of Peter Lovesey’s Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is a double entendre. The title refers to the two main mysteries of this installment in the Bathe detective series. The first one refers to the maiming of the lead to a play at a local theatre...
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review 1: Another great read by Peter Lovesey. Skelton Hill tells the story of Lansdown Hill near Bath where the battle of Roundheads and Cavaliers took place over 350 years ago. During a reenactment of the battle, the body of a female, minus the head, is discovered in a hole created by ...
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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, com...
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review 1: The plot opens with the sniper killing of a policeman as he walks his rounds in Bath. This is the third such sniper shooting of uniform policemen in the Bath area by a sniper who has so far eluded authorities. The Serial Crimes Unit has the lead in all three cases, but so far, ...
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review 1: Im an avid book reader and of crime fiction in particular, although ive never read any by this author, and only saw it by chance in the library, i'll definitely be reading more by him, as I was drawn in from the 1st page and read it in 24 hours, which is the sign of a good book ...