Lovesey, Peter

The Last Detective

New York, Doubleday, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 331pp. Cloth backed boards. Review copy with publisher's letter and a photo of the author laid in. The first Peter Diamond mystery. 1992 winner of the Anthony Boucher Award for best mystery novel. Light fading to edges. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 34585

Catalogue: Mysteries and Thrillers

Keywords: MYSTERIES, DETECTIVE, POLICE, PROCEDURAL, ENGLAND, Peter Diamond

Lovesey, Peter

The Last Detective

Soho Crime. Paperback ISBN: 1569472092, Condition: VeryGood.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000317176

Peter Lovesey

The Last Detective

Bristol, Scorpion Press, 1991. First edition. Leather. The limited first edition of this award-winning mystery, in fine condition, signed by the author Peter Lovesey. Number 26 of 99 limited first edition copies signed by the author, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acetate brodart cover. Signed by the author to the limited edition page. The first of Lovesey's Peter Diamond novels, which won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 1992, a prestigious award for mystery writers. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: committed to door-stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the body of a woman is found floating 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. Peter Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, writes historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. In quarter morocco with original paper boards. Externally very smart, with only light rubbing to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Little chipping to the head of the spine of acetate brodart cover. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 840M27

Catalogue: Detective Fiction

Keywords: Peter Lovesey Signed books Detective fiction Signed books None