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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The Last Detective

 A Peter Diamond mystery by Peter Lovesey. 1991. The first of a new series by Lovesey, his first contemporary novel. Anthony Award for Best Novel, 1992. Accessed on Libby app. Very interesting presentation by the author at the end of the ebook. Lovesey relates where he first got the idea of Inspector Diamond, who is not onboard with new forensic methods and the use of computers in his investigation. Lovesey used Bath as the setting, his own hometown. I especially liked the setting. Bath is a feature in the story. Lovesey is also a master of language, an aspect of the book that I enjoy. This is the first of twenty two novels about Detective Superintendent Diamond.

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