Down Among the Dead Men (Peter Diamond Investigation) - Hardcover

Praise for Down Among the Dead Men

A New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2015
A July 2015 Indie Next Selection

"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

"[A] strikingly classy whodunit."
--Morning Star

"[Lovesey is] a nimble standard-bearer for the whodunit tradition that goes back to the Golden Age of detective fiction . . . a cunning logic puzzle, a devilishly inspired bit of story crafting."
--Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Lovesey takes seemingly incongruous story lines and ties them tidily together."
--Dayton Daily News

"Lovesey not only spins a satisfying whodunit--there's a contemporary case as a subplot, too--but continues to develop the complicated, intriguing relationship between Diamond and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Georgina Dallymore."
--The Strand Magazine

"One of Lovesey's finest."
--Mystery Scene

"Lovesey's plotting is smart, his style engaging and drily funny."
--Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

"Lovesey is a masterful plotter, and that alone would earn him praise and fans, but his characters are memorable, and Diamond is a glittering gem among them. In addition to those strengths Lovesey adds wit, humor, and finely structured prose."
--Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

"Peter Lovesey's Down Among the Dead Men gives us Diamond at his best."
--Open Letters Monthly

"This is the kind of clever, densely packed puzzle we don't see much of these days. It's engrossing, well-written and original."
--The Buffalo News

"Peter Lovesey is a marvel. If you love or even like mysteries, he needs to be at the top of your must-read list."
--Bookreporter

"Lovesey is in top form in Down Among the Dead Men . . . A fascinating read. Great plotting and exciting action."
--Fresh Fiction

"Peter Lovesey is back with a winner . . . When you finish reading Down Among the Dead Men, you'll have a smile on your face, knowing that you've just been given a lesson in deduction by a master."
--Kittling Books

"[A] novel of engaging prose, intriguing and credible plot, and believable characters with a likable lead. In Down Among the Dead Men, Lovesey delivers a fine read."
--New York Journal of Books

"Diamond is a wonderfully rounded character whose lines are witty and whose observations about people's characters and motives are brilliantly insightful. Vintage Diamond mystery, spiced by his comic encounters with his supervisor: a must for devotees of character-driven British crime fiction."
--Booklist, Starred Review

"Dallymore and Diamond illustrate that good cops and intriguing mysteries can go together. Ideal for those who prefer cerebral rather than graphic whodunits."
--Library Journal

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

"These erudite and wondrously witty books are unlike any police procedural you've ever read."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Thickly textured, amusing, unpredictably mixing puzzle and procedural . . . One of the best."
--Los Angeles Times

"Witty . . . A perfectly realized murder mystery."
--The Wall Street Journal

"Extremely stylish, lighter than air . . . utterly surprising."
--Newsweek

"Lovesey's books are so beautifully constructed and cleanly written that they could be used as textbooks in a crime writing course."
--Chicago Tribune

"Ingenious . . . Lovers of good music and a good mystery should not miss this delightful tale."
--Washington Post Book World

Multi-award-winning author Peter Lovesey returns with a twisting tale that will delight fans of the series and draw in anyone who loves pitch-perfect traditional British crime fiction.