Diamond Solitaire, Peter Lovesey
Diamond Solitaire, Peter Lovesey
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Diamond Solitaire

Author: Peter Lovesey

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2007

Synopsis

One-time police detective Peter Diamond loses his job as a security guard when he fails to spot a small Japanese child hiding in the furniture department of Harrods.Weeks later, she is still unclaimed. Diamond is unable to forget the frightened eyes of the silent little girl and takes on the challenge of uncovering her identity.Now Diamond is back in the sleuthing business, following a trail that leads from London to New York to Tokyo and to a shocking climax that may shatter his heart or cost him his life.

About Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey (1936–2025) wrote more than thirty highly praised mystery novels, including the Peter Diamond mysteries, the Sergeant Cribb historical mysteries, and the Bertie Prince of Wales novels. His book have won the British Crime Writers’ Association Silver and Gold Dagger awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, and the Strand Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award. In the United States, his books won an Anthony Award, a Macavity Award, and the Ellery Queen Readers Award, among others. He was named a Grand Master of the Swedish Academy of Detection and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master.

About Simon Prebble

Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deb on March 09, 2019

I'm finding the Peter Diamond series of police procedurals/crime novels to be good reads with interesting characters, enticing plots, and well-paced momentum. In Diamond Solitaire, the former CID detective loses yet another job but inadvertently finds a new one when an abandoned child catches his att......more

Goodreads review by John on August 29, 2015

I loved Lovesey's The Last Detective, which introduced the character Peter Diamond. This follow-up, while palpably more far-fetched, is even more entertaining. Fired (er, "resigned") from the cops, Diamond is reduced to working as a night security man at Harrods. One night the alarm goes off, and it......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on February 15, 2019

I had forgotten about this series, but found my library had recently purchased the kindle books for circulation. This was a rather fun book that starts off with downers - Diamond is fired from his security job at Harrod's because a little Japanese girl is found in the furniture department on Floor 7......more

Goodreads review by Trish on February 28, 2011

I loved this dang thang. Diamond is such a curmudgeonly old pushover--what is it that reminds me of the best of men? I don't mind someone being impatient with the slowest among us, as long as they have a better idea. And Diamond always does. And not only that: he is kind, and well-meaning, and willi......more

Quotes

“[Prebble] creates an ensemble cast all on his own and directs them with perfect pacing. This is a very entertaining 10 hours of listening.” AudioFile

“An engrossing puzzler.” Sunday Times (London)

“Wholly beguiling…A pleasure.” Los Angeles Times

“It’s a powerful moment in a book that, without gimmickry or cross-genre splicing, delivers superb, unashamedly traditional crime writing…[A] fine tale.” Publishers Weekly

“An inventive plot and stylish prose…contribute to making this another winner from a veteran crime author.” Booklist

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