Diamond Dust

by Peter Lovesey

Paper Book, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Publication

New York, NY : Soho Press, 2002.

Description

When his beloved wife becomes the latest victim in a string of police-spouse killings, Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond becomes determined to track down the murderer despite his superior's order to leave the case to someone else.

User reviews

LibraryThing member MediaWrite

If you haven't read any of Lovesey's Peter Diamond mysteries, don't start with this one--start with one of the earlier ones. This is one of those series that can be read out of order, but you're better off reading them in sequence. All are very well written mysteries. Diamond's the sort of

inspector who does not get along with the bureaucrats in the police department. An added note: if you ever get the chance to meet Peter Lovesey at a book signing, do so--he is wonderfully nice and takes an interest in each individual.

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LibraryThing member Scrabblenut

Another excellent addition to the Peter Diamond series, where he becomes the chief suspect in a shocking murder, and is not allowed to be part of the investigation, but of course he continues to investigate on his own. This series continues to amaze me.

LibraryThing member Bookish59

Absolutely amazing and why I love Lovesey and Diamond.

A treat of a read!!

LibraryThing member Condorena

Peter Lovesey tackles a tough subject in this mystery and makes it shine.

LibraryThing member ccayne

My first Lovesey and I will be back. Shocks on both ends of this mystery. In between, compelling characters, internal drama in Diamond's police unit and a mix of police procedural and unauthorized detective work.

LibraryThing member 4hounds

Oh, this was heart-wrenching. The mystery was fantastic, too, and the solution made the crime even more painful, in that it was almost an afterthought.

LibraryThing member ehines

A solid Diamond mystery, with a pretty grave subject. The mourning aspect here, I guess necessarily gets glossed over, but well-managed overall. I think Diamond is a character much better suited to the comedic rather than the tragic, but this succeeds in spite of that.

LibraryThing member lucybrown

Average mystery, by far not my favorite in this series. The first, The Last Detective, is still the best of the Peter Diamond set.

LibraryThing member lucybrown

Average mystery, by far not my favorite in this series. The first, The Last Detective, is still the best of the Peter Diamond set.

LibraryThing member lucybrown

Average mystery, by far not my favorite in this series. The first, The Last Detective, is still the best of the Peter Diamond set.

LibraryThing member DeaconBernie

This is a dandy that will keep the reader guessing right up until the last couple pages. Lovesey has taken an ordinarily nasty story and dressed it up in a quite acceptable mystery. Poor Diamond runs down quite a few red-herrings before he finally gets on the trail. One unfortunate lapse is how

Lovesey has everybody take up the apparent conclusion leaving it to Diamond to dive in to the finish by himself. I suppose it is okay for an author to be a bit abusive to the reader but it was an ouch.

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