Peter Lovesey

12 Series

Peter Lovesey is a British crime fiction novelist known for his historical novels featuring series characters Sergeant Cribb and Peter Diamond. He has written under the pseudonym Peter Lear and has received prestigious awards such as the Anthony, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Macavity, and Barry Awards. His son, Phil Lovesey, is also a crime novelist.

Peter Lovesey, also known as Peter Lear, has authored several novels under both names. "The Tick of Death," alternatively titled "Invitation to a Dynamite Party," is one of his works. Under the pseudonym Peter Lear, he wrote "Goldengirl," "Spider Girl," and "The Secret of Spandau," with "Spider Girl" later re-released as "In Suspense" under his real name. "On the Edge" was also published as "Dead Gorgeous." "A Dead Giveaway" includes contributions from other authors such as Clare Curzon, Gillian Linscott, Dorothy Simpson, and Margaret Yorke.

Sergeant Cribb

Wobble to Death

(1970)

The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

(1970)

Abracadaver

(1972)

Mad Hatter's Holiday

(1973)

The Tick of Death / Invitation to a Dynamite Party

(1974)

A Case of Spirits

(1975)

Swing, Swing Together

(1976)

Waxwork

(1978)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

Bertie and the Tinman

(1987)

Bertie and the Seven Bodies

(1990)

Bertie and the Crime of Passion

(1993)

Inspector Henrietta Mallin

The Circle

(2005)

The Headhunters

(2008)

Peter Diamond

The Last Detective

(1991)

Diamond Solitaire

(1992)

The Summons

(1995)

Bloodhounds

(1996)

Upon a Dark Night

(1997)

The Vault

(1999)

Diamond Dust

(2002)

The House Sitter

(2003)

The Secret Hangman

(2007)

Skeleton Hill

(2009)

Stagestruck

(2011)

Cop to Corpse

(2012)

The Tooth Tattoo

(2013)

The Stone Wife

(2014)

Down Among the Dead Men

(2015)

Another One Goes Tonight

(2016)

Beau Death

(2017)

Killing with Confetti

(2019)

The Finisher

(2020)

Diamond and the Eye

(2021)

Showstopper

(2022)

Against the Grain

(2024)

Standalone Novels

Goldengirl

(1977)

Spider Girl / In Suspense

(1980)

The False Inspector Dew

(1981)

Keystone

(1984)

Rough Cider

(1986)

The Secret of Spandau

(1986)

On the Edge / Dead Gorgeous

(1989)

The Reaper

(2001)

Short Stories/Novellas (with Edward Marston)

Vandals

(1985)

The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown

(1994)

A Parrot is Forever

(1996)

Corbett Correspondence

(1997)(With: Edward Marston)

Collections

Butchers and Other Stories of Crime

(1985)

The Black Cabinet

(1989)

The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories

(1994)

A Dead Giveaway

(1995)

The Sedgemoor Strangler

(1999)

Murder on the Short List

(2008)

Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories

(2022)

Non-Fiction

Five Kings of Distance

(1968)

Bibliomysteries

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

Remaindered

(2014)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

It's in the Book

(2014)(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

It's in the Book

(2014)(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

Remaindered

(2014)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Mysterious Profiles

Rambo

(2022)(By: David Morrell)

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike

(2022)(By: Robert Crais)

Jack Taylor

(2022)(By: Ken Bruen)

Jack Reacher

(2022)(By: Lee Child)

Charlie Parker

(2022)(By: John Connolly)

Hieronymus Bosch

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Lincoln Rhyme

(2022)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Alex Delaware

(2022)(By: Jonathan Kellerman)

Tess Monaghan

(2022)(By: Laura Lippman)

Charlie Resnick

(2022)(By: John Harvey)

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus

(2022)(By: Faye Kellerman)

Inspector Morse

(2022)(By: Colin Dexter)

Dismas Hardy

(2022)(By: John Lescroart)

Bob Lee Swagger

(2022)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast

(2022)(By: Douglas Preston)

Lou Boldt

(2022)(By: Ridley Pearson)

Spenser

(2022)(By: Robert B. Parker)

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt

(2022)(By: Anne Perry)

John Rebus

(2022)(By: Ian Rankin)

Mallory

(2022)(By: Carol O'Connell)

Jane Whitefield

(2022)(By: Thomas Perry)

Ian Rutledge

(2022)(By: Charles Todd)

Amos Walker

(2022)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

Precious Ramotswe

(2022)(By: Alexander McCall Smith)

Maisie Dobbs

(2022)(By: Jacqueline Winspear)

The Lincoln Lawyer

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Condor

(2023)(By: James Grady)

Ben Kincaid

(2023)(By: William Bernhardt)

Repairman Jack

(2023)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

Joe Pickett

(2024)(By: C.J. Box)

Peter Diamond

(2024)

Nathan Heller

(2024)(By: Max Allan Collins)

Anthologies

The Perfect Murder

(1991)

The Man Who...

(1992)

Fifty Best Mysteries

(1993)

2nd Culprit

(1993)

The Crown Crime Companion

(1995)

Malice Domestic 5

(1996)

Malice Domestic 6

(1997)

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

(1999)

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense

(2000)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

(2000)

Malice Domestic 10

(2001)

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years

(2001)

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

(2002)

Thou Shalt Not Kill

(2005)

The Detection Collection

(2005)

The Verdict Of Us All

(2006)

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8

(2011)

Deadly Pleasures

(2013)

The Sinking Admiral

(2016)

The Usual Santas

(2016)

Motives for Murder

(2016)

Silent Night, Deadly Night

(2016)

The Usual Santas of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

(2017)

CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour

(2017)

Silver Bullets

(2019)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888

(2021)

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928

(2021)

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