The House Sitter (Peter Diamond Book 8)
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Rating | : | 4.92 (875 Votes) |
Asin | : | B004HYHA94 |
Format Type | : | |
Number of Pages | : | 139 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-07-18 |
Language | : | English |
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Hen, a petite, cigar-smoking dynamo who gained her rank on sheer talent, offers something few in Bath CID would have believed possible-an equal match for Peter Diamond. This is Lovesey at his best.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. It's been about a year since Inspector Diamond's wife was murdered, and he's back at the helm of the Bath homicide squad when he hears from Inspector Henrietta "Hen" Mallin. . The writing is as smooth as polished steel, and the small touches that reveal character, especially the memorable Hen, approach genius. Hen and her team have identified a murder victim found on a Sussex beach as Emma Tysoe, reported missing from her teaching position at the university in Bath. From Publishers Weekly In his eighth Inspector Diamond mystery (after 2002
Olive Gale Mullet said Slow and easy but also surprising. A bit slow to start but eventually intriguing with convolutions and unexpected turns. I did,however, guess one culprit. Also Livesey got a lot of information out through a journal written by the victim. caroline dewilde said Five Stars. Good Lovesey!!. "Five Stars" according to LC. good book
How strange. 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. The corpse of a beautiful woman, clad in only a bathing suit, is found strangled to death on a popular Sussex beach. What could they be trying to hide?From the Hardcover edition.