Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels. He has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers, the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, the Strand Magazine Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards, and many other honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.
Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement
Recipient
Mystery Writers of America 2018 Grandmaster
Praise for Abracadaver
“Another of those delightful Victorian mysteries, featuring
Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray of the Yard. This one deals
with peculiar accidents in various music halls, mishaps of a kind
that would ruin a performer’s career; and then there’s murder . . .
Fine picture of period vice, good mystery plotting, and fun.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“It’s a tangled business, both evil and intricate. Every police
move seems frustrated by almost superhuman cunning until Cribb’s
trap nails the murderer and ends a hunt as spectacular as it has
been fairly marked with clues. Very much Grade A.”
—John Dickson Carr, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“Music hall’s heyday lovingly recalled as Sergeant Cribb and
Constable Thackeray cope with limelit poisoning and Victorian
permissiveness . . . Thoroughly entertaining.”
—The Guardian
“Sinister fun in splendidly atmospheric setting.”
—Sunday Telegraph
Praise for Peter Lovesey
“I have long loved Peter Lovesey’s books . . . A creative,
courageous and gifted writer.”
—Louise Penny
“Lovesey is a master of the crime novel.”
—Sara Paretsky
“What'll it be today? A knotty puzzle mystery? A fast-paced police
procedural? Something more high-toned, with a bit of wit? With the
British author Peter Lovesey, there's no need to make those
agonizing decisions, because his books have it all.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Mr. Lovesey's narrative is swift, but he takes time out for local
color and abundant humor, the latter springing from the book's
quirky characters . . . Lovesey is a wizard at mixing
character-driven comedy with realistic-to-grim suspense. And in a
writing career spanning four decades, he has created a stylish and
varied body of work.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“A treat . . . Lovesey’s restraint, wit, and charming cast ensure
him a place in the winner’s circle.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Extremely stylish, lighter than air . . . utterly surprising.”
—Newsweek
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