The Circle, Peter Lovesey
The Circle, Peter Lovesey
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The Circle

Author: Peter Lovesey

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2006

Synopsis

Widowed van driver Bob Naylor is prodded into joining the Chichester Writers' Circle by his teenage daughter. Bob writes limericks and jingles, and fears he will be out of his class among the literati. But the members of the circle come from all walks of life and practice many forms of writing, from fantasy to household hints. There seems to be nothing about any of them to incite a serial killer. However, there is an arsonist in their midst, burning his victims to death, and Bob becomes a suspect. To clear himself, he must cooperate with formidable Detective Chief Inspector Henrietta Mallin.

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 Michael on March 04, 2019

Lovesey is best known for his mystery series featuring Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond, and Diamond gets a one-page walk-on here, but the main cop is DCI Henrietta Mallin from Bognor -- but even she’s not the main character and she doesn’t even show up till you’re nearly halfway through the s......more

Goodreads review by Kerry on May 14, 2020

Peter Lovesey's Peter Diamond mysteries have been one of my favorite series, and the author introduces a new series with the main character Henrietta Mallin. This book seems at first to be a light version of the author's writing, but after slowly catching on to the hints - I realized it's a homage t......more

Goodreads review by David on October 03, 2024

A very fun read. Reminds me of the Thursday Murder Club books a bit. Circle of writers work with? Police to solve murders of their group.......more

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