Book Review The Last Detective

 
Title: The Last Detective

Author: Peter Lovesey‏

Stars: 4 Stars out of 5


Review:

I was completely enchanted with this book and the manner in which the story was told. It was laid out in different sections from different characters viewpoint. I found the main character to be larger than life and was  rooting for him even when he was wrong or at least appeared to be wrong. He is a man of principals but able to admit when he he has made a mistake. I found myself at the end of the story wanting to see the next chapter in his life unfold.

I have given this a 4 star rating. I would recommend it to any reader who enjoys a British murder mystery.

I received this book from Netgalley for my unbiased review.

Synopsis:
A nude female floats dead in a large reservoir lake south of Bristol. To solve the "Lady of the Lake" mystery, and save a woman unjustly accused, Sussex Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must find two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen, and defy his superiors.  


About The Author:
 

Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936 in Whitton, Middlesex) is a British writer of historical and contemporary crime novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. Lovesey's novels and stories mainly fall into the category of entertaining puzzlers in the "Golden Age" tradition of mystery writing.

Most of Peter Lovesey's writing has been done under his own name. However, he did write three novels under the pen name Peter Lear.

Lovesey's novels and short stories have won him a number of awards, including both the Gold and Silver Daggers of the Crime Writers' Association, of which he was chairman in 1991/92. In 2000, he received the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement in crime writing.

Peter Lovesey lives near Chichester. His son Phil Lovesey also writes crime novels.