Cop to Corpse: 12 (Detective Peter Diamond Mystery) - Softcover

Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Mystery Writers of America 2018 Grandmaster

Praise for Cop to Corpse

A Deadly Pleasures Magazine's Best Mystery-Crime Novels of the Year

"Witty and engaging."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Next to Jane Austen, Peter Lovesey is the writer the tourist board of Bath, England, extols most proudly . . . The enduring draw of the Peter Diamond books derives both from the beguiling Bath cityscape and the brusque character of Diamond himself."
--NPR

"One of [Peter Lovesey's] best . . . If you're not already a fan of Lovesey and Diamond, start here."
--Globe and Mail

"Nail-biting . . . Lovesey leavens the suspense with Diamond's trademark gallows humor, and closes with one of his cleverest solutions."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"The 12th book in the tremendously entertaining Peter Diamond series, and there isn't a clunker in the bunch."
--Mystery Scene

"[Lovesey] is still at the top of his game."
--Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

"Laced with the surprises . . . [Lovesey has] earned the right to innovate in his genre, and he pushes narrative boundaries and pulls it off. No one is better at mixing puzzle and procedural."
--Open Letters Monthly

"Nobody but Lovesey could thump out a gritty procedural yet instill Bath with so much charm and history that readers will have to put it on their bucket lists."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Well-crafted."
--Booklist

"You want a novel written by a master of his craft . . . You want Peter Lovesey's latest Peter Diamond investigation, Cop to Corpse."
--Shots Magazine

"Cop to Corpse is a great introduction to a memorable cop and his talented crew."--Huntington News

Praise for The Peter Diamond series

"Peter Diamond is impatient, belligerent, cunning, insightful, foul, laugh-out-loud funny . . . A superb series."
--Louise Penny

"I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time--you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book."
--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

"Next to Jane Austen, Peter Lovesey is the writer the tourist board of Bath, England, extols most proudly . . . The enduring draw of the Peter Diamond books derives both from the beguiling Bath cityscape and the brusque character of Diamond himself."
--NPR

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