The Stone Wife, 9780751554076
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Auction heist gone wrong, a stone wife, and Diamond’s fury.

The Stone Wife

detective peter diamond book 14

$36.80

  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    13 April 2015

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Summary

The Stone Wife: A Peter Diamond Mystery

The fourteenth Peter Diamond case has the eminent detective in pursuit of a murderer after a theft at an auction house goes wrong.

Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is shot dead.

Peter Diamond, head of …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751554076
ISBN-10:0751554073
Series:Peter Diamond Mystery
Author:Peter Lovesey
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:13 April 2015
Weight:290g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 27mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A new Peter Diamond mystery is a cause for rejoicing - Mystery Scene

Peter Diamond may be my favourite fictional police detective - perky, dogged and very clever - Scotsman

Peter Lovesey has an extraordinary talent for picking up the conventions of the classic English detective novel and delivering them with an entirely contemporary twist - Val McDermid

About The Author

Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey was born in Middlesex and studied at Hampton Grammar School and Reading University, where he met his wife Jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, Wobble to Death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world.

He was Chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.

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