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The Last Detective (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery) (original 1991; edition 2014)

by Peter Lovesey (Author)

Series: Peter Diamond (1)

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Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: a genuine gumshoe, committed to door stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the naked body of a woman is found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath with no one willing to identify her, no marks and no murder weapon, his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit. Struggling with a jigsaw puzzle of truant choirboys, teddy bears, a black Mercedes and Jane Austen memorabilia, Diamond persists even after the powers-that-be have decided there's enough evidence to make a conviction.… (more)
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Title:The Last Detective (A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery)
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Info:Soho Crime (2014), Edition: Reissue, 400 pages
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The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (1991)

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narrative style reminded me of Wilkie Collin's moonstone. Seeing incidents several times from different points of view. I didn't feel the author provided distinctive voices for the different narrators, which lessened the effectiveness. I also didn't particularly like the detective until towards the end. Will probably give others a try , though, overall a satisfactory read ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
Troubling narrative. We're meant to believe, because we're told outright, that Diamond is the last of an old breed who use their intelligence, hard work, and superior deductive reasoning instead of those lazy newfangled computers. And then we hear immediately of the only other relevant case in his history, wherein he helped convict the wrong man, an obvious fall guy. He's accused of helping to send an innocent black man to prison, and it's shrugged off as 'of course not.' Now, some of this resolves, it's not the main story, and there are some enjoyable bits, but this underlying sense of believing the 'good cop' regardless of how he treats people and what he does wrong, just really festers. ( )
  Kiramke | Jun 27, 2023 |
Very Interesting plot with Jane Austens' letters nice connections ( )
  ChrisGreenDog | Mar 13, 2023 |
Update: 10/9/2021
Today I saw a giveaway for this book and it reminded me how much I was not pleased with its resolution.

Note: I received a paperback copy of this book at ALA Midwinter 2020. ( )
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
Peter Diamond ends up quitting the police because he can’t get along with the higher ups. He solves the case where a Professor’s wife is found in a lake. ( )
  Sunandsand | Apr 30, 2022 |
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[A] bravura performance from a veteran showman: slyly paced, marbled with surprise and, in the end, strangely affecting. . .
 

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Lovesey, Peterprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Prebble, SimonNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Raitio, RistoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: a genuine gumshoe, committed to door stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the naked body of a woman is found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath with no one willing to identify her, no marks and no murder weapon, his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit. Struggling with a jigsaw puzzle of truant choirboys, teddy bears, a black Mercedes and Jane Austen memorabilia, Diamond persists even after the powers-that-be have decided there's enough evidence to make a conviction.

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