About the Author
About the Author
Peter Lovesey is the author of more than forty highly praised mystery novels including the Peter Diamond investigations and the Sergeant Cribb investigations. He has been 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. He lives in Shrewsbury, England.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Praise for Against the Grain
A Parade Best Mystery Book of 2024 "Crime-fiction writers from Conan Doyle to Dorothy Sayers to Donald Westlake have mixed whimsy with mystery to a lesser or greater degree, but it's hard to name any who've achieved a better balance of comedy with harsh reality than Peter Lovesey . . . In Against the Grain, he has arranged for both his endearing character and himself to bid goodbye to us all in a satisfying and elegant manner."
--Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal "Lovesey derives genuine emotion from Diamond's potential retirement, and his golden age-style plotting is as tight as ever. This sends the series out on a high note."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Praise for Peter Lovesey "Mr. Lovesey excels at mixing character-driven humor with legitimate suspense."
--The Wall Street Journal "Lovesey is careful to remind us that Bath holds hidden secrets behind its gracious Georgian architecture . . . Light and dark imagery is a fixture of Lovesey's Bath novels, in which life is lived on many levels, some in full sunshine and others buried in shadow."
--The New York Times Book Review "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."
--NPR "Peter Diamond is impatient, belligerent, cunning, insightful, foul, laugh-out-loud funny . . . A superb series."
--Louise Penny "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."
--Sara Paretsky "Lovesey is the real deal."
--Seattle Times "Masterly, atmospheric . . . On the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Lovesey is still going strong."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
A Parade Best Mystery Book of 2024 "Crime-fiction writers from Conan Doyle to Dorothy Sayers to Donald Westlake have mixed whimsy with mystery to a lesser or greater degree, but it's hard to name any who've achieved a better balance of comedy with harsh reality than Peter Lovesey . . . In Against the Grain, he has arranged for both his endearing character and himself to bid goodbye to us all in a satisfying and elegant manner."
--Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal "Lovesey derives genuine emotion from Diamond's potential retirement, and his golden age-style plotting is as tight as ever. This sends the series out on a high note."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Praise for Peter Lovesey "Mr. Lovesey excels at mixing character-driven humor with legitimate suspense."
--The Wall Street Journal "Lovesey is careful to remind us that Bath holds hidden secrets behind its gracious Georgian architecture . . . Light and dark imagery is a fixture of Lovesey's Bath novels, in which life is lived on many levels, some in full sunshine and others buried in shadow."
--The New York Times Book Review "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."
--NPR "Peter Diamond is impatient, belligerent, cunning, insightful, foul, laugh-out-loud funny . . . A superb series."
--Louise Penny "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."
--Sara Paretsky "Lovesey is the real deal."
--Seattle Times "Masterly, atmospheric . . . On the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Lovesey is still going strong."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Soho Crime
Pub date:
2024-12-03
Length:
384 pages
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