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The last detective, Peter Diamond Mystery Series, Book 1., Peter Lovesey

Label
The last detective, Peter Diamond Mystery Series, Book 1., Peter Lovesey
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The last detective
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Peter Lovesey
Series statement
Peter Diamond Mystery
Sub title
Peter Diamond Mystery Series, Book 1.
Summary
"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 PENNYIn the first entry to the series and winner of the 1992 Anthony Boucher Award for Best Mystery Novel, Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen to solve the murder of the "Lady in the Lake."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
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