{"product_id":"diamond-dust-isbn-9781569473221","title":"Diamond Dust","description":"“Lovesey takes his hero to emotional places he’s never been before while constructing a plot of infernal ingenuity.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Superintendent Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. His beloved wife has been killed, apparently just the most recent victim in a series of murders of police spouses. Despite his superior's orders to leave the solution of this crime to other members of the force, he is determined to find the killer himself.\u003cb\u003eCrime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Recipient \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMystery Writers of America 2018 Grandmaster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Diamond Dust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Lovesey takes his hero to emotional places he’s never been before while constructing a plot of infernal ingenuity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDiamond Dust\u003c\/i\u003e is a gem. It has tension, emotion and a smorgasbord of red herrings.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Christie level plotting.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Lovesey’s writing is lucid and succinct, and he is a consummate story-teller.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Colin Dexter, CWA Diamond Dagger-winning author of the Inspector Morse series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lovesey plots as well as he creates characters or turns an elegant phrase. Nothing is what it seems . . . He’s so good it’s hard to pin a label on him.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDenver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Lovesey will be hard-pressed to surpass this current effort for its  combination of the puzzle and the personal, but based on his current  achievement, it would be no great surprise if he did.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Fully dimensional characters, juicy plotting, and more twists than the Hampton Court maze.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDiamond Dust \u003c\/i\u003eis a jewel of many intricate facets.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eJanuary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “This latest entry in the Peter Diamond series is among the best and in  many ways, the most moving . . . an expertly plotted novel.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Reviewing the Evidence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for The Peter Diamond series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Peter Diamond is impatient, belligerent, cunning, insightful, foul, laugh-out-loud funny . . . A superb series.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Louise Penny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “I’m jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time—you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Sara Paretsky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “What'll it be today? A knotty puzzle mystery? A fast-paced police procedural? Something more high-toned, with a bit of wit? With the British author Peter Lovesey, there's no need to make those agonizing decisions, because his books have it all.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mr. Lovesey's narrative is swift, but he takes time out for local color and abundant humor, the latter springing from the book's quirky characters . . . Lovesey is a wizard at mixing character-driven comedy with realistic-to-grim suspense. And in a writing career spanning four decades, he has created a stylish and varied body of work.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Next to Jane Austen, Peter Lovesey is the writer the tourist board of Bath, England, extols most proudly . . . The enduring draw of the Peter Diamond books derives both from the beguiling Bath cityscape and the brusque character of Diamond himself.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Lovesey\u003c\/b\u003e (1936–2025) was the author of more than forty highly praised mystery novels, including the Peter Diamond investigations and the Sergeant Cribb investigations. He was honored with the two highest awards in mystery fiction, Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger of the Crime Writers’ Association, as well as many other international accolades. 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