Skeleton Hill, Peter Lovesey
Skeleton Hill, Peter Lovesey
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Skeleton Hill

Author: Peter Lovesey

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2009

Synopsis

On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a skeleton that is female, headless, and only about twenty years old. One of them, a professor who played a Cavalier, is later found murdered. In the course of his investigation, Peter Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. She resolves to sideline Diamond, but matters don't pan out in accordance with her plans.

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 Kirsten on March 04, 2024

If you like reading police procedurals and haven’t read any of the Detective Peter Diamond books yet, I highly recommend starting with this one. It’s perfect as a standalone book even though it is the tenth in a series. I’m enjoying the entire series and this one has of the best plots in my opinion.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on March 25, 2019

I have been catching up with the unread Peter Diamond books leading up to the new one coming out this year. It seems like each book gets better. There was much to like here: Peter and car troubles leading to him unwisely driving his boss Georgina's Mercedes, his wily ways of consolidating a team fro......more

Goodreads review by Jane on January 10, 2025

I listened to half of this and read the rest. The incomparable Simon Prebble did his usual stellar job with the narration. I enjoyed the Bath setting, which played a big part in this installment. The middle was a bit draggy but overall this was another fine read in a fine series.......more

Goodreads review by Joan on June 17, 2013

Wonderful. I found it a little slow between pages 50 and 100 and almost gave up, but I'm very glad that I didn't. The subsequent plot twists were great, and I love this ensemble of characters. I guessed around the middle that Tipping's being a former racehorse owner was a key fact, but I didn't fore......more

Quotes

“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.” Seattle Times

“His voice works well at blending the story’s intense moments, such as the shooting of a colleague, into the quieter aspects of English life.” AudioFile

“Thanks to Lovesey’s nonpareil deftness, however, Diamond ultimately prevails over murder past and present. 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)

“[Lovesey] has no peer in presenting a traditional mystery with all the clues hiding in plain sight.” Publishers Weekly (starred review), praise for the series

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