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The Last Detective
The Last Detective | Peter Lovesey
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Introduction by Louise Penny A woman's body has been found floating in a large reservoir just south of Bristol. In order to solve the mystery of the "Lady in the Lake," Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors on the force to save a woman unjustly accused of murder. This is the first of the Peter Diamond series; it won the 1992 Anthony Boucher Award for Best Mystery Novel. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Crazeedi
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Finished in the nick of time! Diamond is tackling a case where a dead body is found in a lake. His style of detection is old school, and he doesn't care for the hi tech methods. I really enjoyed this first book of the series and plan to read more

Crazeedi @Andrew65 so I read 3 book for the readathon. Not as much as I wanted but considering everything else going on I'm ok with it! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2y
Andrew65 Brilliant. 👏👏👏 2y
TheSpineView Awesome 🤩 2y
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Crazeedi
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Whoohoo! I'm a winner, I hope this is the start of a new good series for me!

TheSpineView Congrats! Let's us know what you think about it! BTW, another series! 3y
Crazeedi @TheSpineView I know!! I thought of you right away!! Lol!! Hugs❤❤ 3y
Chrissyreadit Congrats!!!! 3y
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EvieBee This is a good one! Jane Austen references galore lol! 3y
Crazeedi @EvieBee awesome! 3y
kspenmoll I read this a while back & really enjoyed it. 3y
Crazeedi @kspenmoll oh good! I have it on tbr for November 2y
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bookaholic1
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#39
This is another new Author for me...I really enjoyed it

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azulaco
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On balance, I‘m giving this book a thumbs-up, because I really liked the mystery, even though I disliked the main character so much. The mystery was good enough that I wanted to keep reading through to the end. Also, some sections are told from the point of view of other characters, which gave me a break from Detective Diamond. All in all, I liked the writing enough to check out the second book in the series.

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azulaco
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I‘m about a third of the way through this one. I‘ve never read the Peter Diamond series of mysteries. Are we supposed to like Peter Diamond? Because he‘s eminently unlikeable. What a stubborn jerk. I hope he gets better. Right now he‘s coming off as not necessarily stupid, but someone whose insistence on sticking to preconceived ideas is making him act in stupid-looking ways. It‘s irritating. He‘s irascible, too, which doesn‘t help.

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Melli
The Last Detective | Peter Lovesey

Didn‘t think that I was going to like this one but I‘m about 40% in and it‘s getting interesting

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lahousewyfe
The Last Detective | Peter Lovesey
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The Labor Day library sale! I had an armful of books and a volunteer offered to bring me a box. "No. I'm trying to manage my addiction."

"Oh, I can't let you do that!" She smiled and I broke.

"Girl! Yes! Enable me! Bring me that box!"

So, this is my pile.

Love my little Weaverville library!

TheSpineView Great haul! Weaverville as in NC? 6y
TheSpineView @lahousewyfe Candler for myself. 6y
lahousewyfe @TheSpineView Nice! We should meet sometime and talk books. 😀 6y
TheSpineView @lahousewyfe For sure!😊 6y
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kspenmoll
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#audiomystery #cookingandbooks #audiocooking
Stovetop Barbecue chicken (Jane Brody) rice, peas.
Thursday night feast. Usually my husband cooks but I am not working so giving him the night off. One of my staples. 🍗🍚🍺

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