Skeleton Hill: 10 (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery) - Softcover

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

Praise for Skeleton Hill

"Diamond is a classic--better catch him while you can."
--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"Peter Lovesey is the real deal. A top master of the police procedural British subgenre, he's an ace at spinning out teasingly slow plot revelations . . . crisp prose and humane characterizations."
--The Seattle Times, Best Crime Fiction of the Year

"Nobody can write the modern traditional detective novel as perfectly as Lovesey."
--The Denver Post

"Lovesey's novels are consistently well plotted and his characters smart and witty."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"History, humor, inspired clues, maniacal twists and a paean to the beauty of the Bath countryside. Lovesey, who's won every prize going, deserves another for Diamond's tenth."
--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"Diamond remains one of the most realistic and human of fictional sleuths . . . another winner in this enduring series."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"The man writes flat-out great British police procedurals . . . Peter Lovesey, who has won just about every major mystery writing award on two continents, is in top form here."
--Mystery Scene

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

Peter Diamond investigates the murder of a historical reenactor after the reenactor and a companion discover a headless skeleton while recreating a 350-year-old battle between the Roundheads and Cavaliers at Lansdown Hill near Bath, England. Reprint.