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Title: Diamond Dust by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1-56947-291-2 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A cracker of a Book!
Comment: I wondered how this book would play out after the shocking beginning, but I shouldn't have doubted Peter Lovesey's skill. He writes a great book! His plots and characterizations are wonderful. In this book the curmudgeonly detective Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. He is sidelined by the brass for this, the biggest murder case of his career, but he vows that he will use his unique talent to bring his wife's killer to justice. There are more red herrings and leads for him to follow, and we the readers think it's a whole slew of different people, but Lovesey plays it out until the startling conclusion. This is a thickly textured and compelling book, and it is also a watershed book for Diamond. We wonder at the end what kind of man and detective we will have in subsequent stories. This is probably the strongest entry in an already strong series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best yet
Comment: As a fan of Peter Lovesey's stuff, I found this Diamond story the best yet. Coming to the end was almost like nearing the end of a great gourmet meal. After reading his earlier stories of Peter Diamond, the way this one begins comes as a shock, but the story plays out well after accepting the reality of what he is facing. First rate book!
Rating: 3
Summary: Mildly entertaining, but underdeveloped.
Comment: Book has great possibility, but Lovesey simply can't slow down the action in the book to allow any cogitation by the reader. His characters are potentially interesting, but in his rush to get his story told, any depth of character is virtually impossible.
He also needs to give more depth and specifics to his settings, e.g. the Dorchester Hotel (probably unknown to most Americans) also to his characters, the con man in the plot re diamonds was a wonderful opportunity to write a fully fleshedd-out character. Most damaging is the dialogue: almost always the dialogue has this numbing sameness, so that the speaker's voice and content could come from almost any character. I hate the word, but Lovesey needs some "nuance" in his characters speech, some subtlety and shading. Also, major plot flaw re jogger. Why not make every effort to find her? Diamond's grief is genuine no doubt, but I (perhaps not other readers) found it factitious and unconvincing. A pretty good plot spoiled by an author who either cannot or will not deepen his writing.
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Title: The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569473269 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Vault by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569472564 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Reaper by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569473080 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 30 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Diamond Solitaire by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569472920 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569472092 Publisher: Soho Press, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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