Val McDermid
'[picks] up the conventions of the classic English detective novel and deliver[s] them with an entirely contemporary twist.'
Mail on Sunday
'No one has done this kind of thing better since Dorothy L. Sayers.'
Product Description
A mystery featuring the irascible detective Peter Diamond, a 20-year-old murder, and the missing diaries of Mary Shelley. Skeletal remains are found in a cellar below Bath's Georgian tearooms, and Diamond is delighted to learn that not all of them are centuries old.
About the Author
Peter Lovesey began his writing career with the Cribb and Thackeray series of Victorian mysteries. These were followed with such novels as THE FALSE INSPECTOR DEW (winner of the Gold Dagger) and ROUGH CIDER. As well as an acclaimed novelist he is a highly successful short story writer.
