
Down Among the Dead Men
Peter Lovesey(Autor*in)
Sphere (Verlag)
Erschienen am 2. Juli 2015
Buch
Hardcover
384 Seiten
978-0-7515-5887-6 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
A nightmare discovery in the boot of a stolen BMW plunges car thief Danny Stapleton into the worst trouble of his life. What links his misfortune to the mysterious disappearance of an art teacher at a private school for girls in Chichester? Orders from above push Peter Diamond of Bath CID into investigating a police corruption case in the Chichester force, and he soon finds himself reluctantly dealing with spirited schoolgirls, eccentric artists and his formidable old colleague, Hen Mallin.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Lovesey's style is pure joy. He tells a rattling good story without ever resorting to the literary pretensions that bedevil so much crime fiction. His characters are never less than believable Daily Mail 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 New York Times Diamond is a wonderfully rounded character whose lines are witty and whose observations about people's characters and motives are brilliantly insightful. Vintage Diamond mystery, spiced by his comic encounters with his supervisor: a must for devotees of character-driven British crime fiction Booklist The best mystery I've read in the past few years, and one of Lovesey's best Mystery Scene Diamond fans will be delighted by this instalment in the long-running series, which sees Lovesey on absolutely top form Morning Star A fine beach read - heck, a great fireside chair read, a straphanger commuter read, a stolen-moments-during-a-busy-day read, an anytime read New York Journal of Books Master craftsman Lovesey weaves his threads to make a spider's web of theories, evidence and incidents that he finally spins together into a silken bow of a present for us all at the finish Shots Lovesey is a masterful plotter, and that alone would earn him praise and fans, but his characters are memorable, and Diamond is a glittering gem among them. In addition to those strengths Lovesey adds wit, humor, and finely structured prose Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Simply delicious ... Peter Lovesey is a master of the police procedural. His high quality writing is always a joy to read Deadly Pleasures Lovesey's plotting is smart, his style engaging and drily funny Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine An excellent entry in a consistently good series Reviewing the EvidenceWeitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Little, Brown Book Group
Maße
Höhe: 223 mm
Breite: 144 mm
Dicke: 33 mm
Gewicht
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7515-5887-6 (9780751558876)
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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.