![]() Peter Harmer Lovesey was born in Whitton, Middlesex. He was educated at Hampton Grammar School and read English at Reading University. He graduated in 1958 and completed three years National Service in the RAF. In 1959 he married Jacqueline Ruth Lewis - they have a son and daughter. In 1961 Lovesey was appointed a lecturer in English at Thurrock Technical College, Essex. He became interested in Victorian sport and in 1968 his first book The Kings of Distance was published, dealing with the careers and personalities of five outstanding runners of the past. In 1969 he was made head of the General Education Department at Hammersmith College for Further Education. He held this position until he became a full-time writer in 1975. In 1970, he created 'Sergeant Cribb' and in 1991 he created 'Peter Diamond', an ex-policeman in Bath. In 2000, he received the Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime achievement in crime writing. His son Phil Lovesey also writes crime novels. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Sergeant Cribb' Novels | |
1) Wobble to Death | 1970 |
2) The Detective Wore Silk Drawers | 1971 |
3) Abracadaver | 1972 |
4) Mad Hatter's Holiday | 1973 |
5) Invitation to a Dynamite Party | 1974 |
6) A Case of Spirits | 1975 |
7) Swing, Swing Together | 1976 |
8) Waxwork (Silver Dagger Award) | 1978 |
'Peter Diamond' Novels | |
1) The Last Detective (Anthony Award) | 1991 |
2) Diamond Solitaire | 1992 |
3) The Summons (Silver Dagger Award) | 1995 |
4) Bloodhounds (Silver Dagger Award, Macavity Award, Barry Award) | 1996 |
5) Upon a Dark Night | 1998 |
6) The Vault | 1999 |
7) Diamond Dust | 2002 |
8) The House Sitter | 2003 |
9) The Secret Hangman | 2007 |
10) Skeleton Hill | 2009 |
11) Stagestruck | 2011 |
12) Cop To Corpse | 2012 |
13) The Tooth Tattoo | 2013 |
14) The Stone Wife | 2014 |
15) Down Among the Dead Men | 2015 |
16) Another One Goes Tonight | 2016 |
17) Beau Death | 2017 |
18) Killing with Confetti | 2019 |
Other Novels | |
1) The False Inspector Dew (Gold Dagger Award) | 1982 |
2) Keystone | 1983 |
3) Butchers and Other Stories of Crime (short stories) | 1985 |
4) Rough Cider | 1986 |
5) Bertie and the Tinman | 1987 |
6) Bertie and the Seven Bodies | 1990 |
7) Bertie and the Crime of Passion | 1993 |
8) Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose (short stories) | 1998 |
9) The Reaper | 2000 |
10) The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime (short stories) | 2002 |
11) The Circle | 2005 |
12) The Headhunters | 2008 |
13) Murder on the Short List (short stories) | 2008 |
Novels as 'Peter Lear' | |
1) Goldengirl | 1977 |
2) Spider Girl | 1980 |
3) The Secret of Spandau | 1986 |
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