The last detective
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New York : Doubleday, [1991].
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Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
331 pages ; 25 cm
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Description
"I am so excited for you to be at the very beginning of this trend-setting, beautifully written, vivid series."—from the introduction by LOUISE PENNY
The first installment in one of crime fiction’s most enjoyable, iconic series—now featuring a rare peek into Diamond’s origins and the author’s process in bringing him to life.
A woman’s body has been found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath. There are no marks on her and no murder weapon. No one will identify her. It looks like Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has his work cut out for him. Diamond is one of the last detectives of his kind, a gumshoe whose heroes solved crimes by question and answer, door stepping and deduction. To unravel this one, Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors in order to save a woman unjustly accused of murder.
Over thirty years and twenty-one subsequent novels, Peter Lovesey has bewitched his enormous fandom with the wry, stubborn, and fiendishly clever Peter Diamond. The Last Detective started it all, and it is now reissued in a gorgeous deluxe edition featuring an introduction by Louise Penny, an afterword by the author, and fascinating true-crime context describing how this book came to be.
The first installment in one of crime fiction’s most enjoyable, iconic series—now featuring a rare peek into Diamond’s origins and the author’s process in bringing him to life.
A woman’s body has been found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath. There are no marks on her and no murder weapon. No one will identify her. It looks like Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has his work cut out for him. Diamond is one of the last detectives of his kind, a gumshoe whose heroes solved crimes by question and answer, door stepping and deduction. To unravel this one, Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors in order to save a woman unjustly accused of murder.
Over thirty years and twenty-one subsequent novels, Peter Lovesey has bewitched his enormous fandom with the wry, stubborn, and fiendishly clever Peter Diamond. The Last Detective started it all, and it is now reissued in a gorgeous deluxe edition featuring an introduction by Louise Penny, an afterword by the author, and fascinating true-crime context describing how this book came to be.
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East Lyme Public Adult Detective (Mystery)
D Lovesey, Peter [Diamond] #01 (Last)
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Essex Adult Fiction
LOVESEY
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Lyme Adult Fiction
FIC LOV
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Old Lyme A Fiction
FIC LOVESEY
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Mystery
M LOVESEY
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Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
Fiction Lovesey
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West Haven Main Adult Fiction
FIC LOV
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Westbrook Adult Fiction
F LOV
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Woodbridge Adult Fiction
FIC LOVESEY
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0385421141 :
Notes
General Note
"A Perfect crime book."
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APA Citation (style guide)
Lovesey, P. (1991). The last detective. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lovesey, Peter. 1991. The Last Detective. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lovesey, Peter, The Last Detective. Doubleday, 1991.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lovesey, Peter. The Last Detective. Doubleday, 1991.
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