Peter Diamond Series by Peter Lovesey

3.85 · 46 ratings
  • The Last Detective (Peter Diamond #1)
    #1

    The Last Detective (Peter Diamond #1)

    Peter Lovesey

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1991

    Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: a genuine gumshoe, committed to door-stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the naked body of a woman is found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath with no one willing to identify her, no marks and no murder weapon, his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit... more

  • Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond #2)
    #2

    Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond #2)

    Peter Lovesey

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1992

    No one saw the small Japanese child hiding in the furniture department at Harrods. She was abandoned and unable to speak, yet she caused a major alert. Spotting any intruder after the store closed had been ex-CID man Peter Diamond’s job. Had been. The oversight has gotten the overweight Diamond sacked...again.Working as a security guard is, at any rate, far below the superior talents of an experienced homicide detective... more

  • The House Sitter (Peter Diamond #8)
    #8

    The House Sitter (Peter Diamond #8)

    Peter Lovesey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    The corpse of a beautiful woman, clad in only a bathing suit, is found strangled to death on a popular Sussex beach. When she is finally identified, it turns out she was a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty, who was working on the case of a serial killer. And though she was a Bath resident, the authorities don't want Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond to investigate the murder. How strange. What could they be trying to hide?

  • Against the Grain (Peter Diamond #22)
    #22

    Against the Grain (Peter Diamond #22)

    Peter Lovesey

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2024

    Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series.Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has invited Diamond and his partner, Paloma, to visit the idyllic village of Baskerville (no relation to the Sherlock Holmes story, so he’s told)... more

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