(Peter Lovesey was born in Middlesex and studied at Hampton Grammar School and Reading University, where he met his wife Jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, Wobble to Death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world. He was Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.
Series
Sergeant Cribb
1. Wobble to Death (1970)
2. The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1971)
3. Abracadaver (1972)
4. Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973)
5. The Tick of Death (1974)
aka Invitation to A Dynamite Party
6. A Case of Spirits (1975)
7. Swing, Swing Together (1976)
8. Waxwork (1978)
1. Wobble to Death (1970)
2. The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1971)
3. Abracadaver (1972)
4. Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973)
5. The Tick of Death (1974)
aka Invitation to A Dynamite Party
6. A Case of Spirits (1975)
7. Swing, Swing Together (1976)
8. Waxwork (1978)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
1. Bertie and the Tin Man (1988)
2. Bertie and the Seven Bodies (1990)
3. Bertie and the Crime of Passion (1993)
1. Bertie and the Tin Man (1988)
2. Bertie and the Seven Bodies (1990)
3. Bertie and the Crime of Passion (1993)
Peter Diamond
1. The Last Detective (1991)
2. Diamond Solitaire (1992)
3. The Summons (1995)
4. Bloodhounds (1996)
5. Upon A Dark Night (1997)
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)
Do Not Exceed The Stated Dose (1998)
Bloodhounds / Diamond Dust (omnibus) (2004)
The Last Detective / Diamond Solitaire (omnibus) (2006)
1. The Last Detective (1991)
2. Diamond Solitaire (1992)
3. The Summons (1995)
4. Bloodhounds (1996)
5. Upon A Dark Night (1997)
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)
Do Not Exceed The Stated Dose (1998)
Bloodhounds / Diamond Dust (omnibus) (2004)
The Last Detective / Diamond Solitaire (omnibus) (2006)
Novels
Goldengirl (1977) (as by Peter Lear)
Spider Girl (1980) (as by Peter Lear)
The False Inspector Dew (1982)
Keystone (1983)
Rough Cider (1986)
The Secret Of Spandau (1986) (as by Peter Lear)
On the Edge (1989)
aka Dead Gorgeous
The Reaper (2000)
In Suspense (2001)
Spider Girl (1980) (as by Peter Lear)
The False Inspector Dew (1982)
Keystone (1983)
Rough Cider (1986)
The Secret Of Spandau (1986) (as by Peter Lear)
On the Edge (1989)
aka Dead Gorgeous
The Reaper (2000)
In Suspense (2001)
Omnibus
Collections
Butchers (1985)
The Black Cabinet (1989)
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown (1994)
A Dead Giveaway (1995) (with Clare Curzon, Gillian Linscott, Dorothy Simpson and Margaret Yorke)
The Sedgemoor Strangler (2002)
Murder on the Short List (2008)
The Black Cabinet (1989)
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown (1994)
A Dead Giveaway (1995) (with Clare Curzon, Gillian Linscott, Dorothy Simpson and Margaret Yorke)
The Sedgemoor Strangler (2002)
Murder on the Short List (2008)
Series contributed to
Bibliomysteries
Remaindered (2015)
Bookshop Mysteries (omnibus) (2017) (with John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Joyce Carol Oates and Ian Rankin)
Remaindered (2015)
Bookshop Mysteries (omnibus) (2017) (with John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Joyce Carol Oates and Ian Rankin)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Awards
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Peter Lovesey recommends
The Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Murder Case (1997)
(Jacob Singer, book 13)
George Baxt
"An author of rare ingenuity."
The Ambitious Stepmother (2002)
(Countess Ashby De La Zouche, book 3)
Fidelis Morgan
"I challenge you to open a Fidelis Morgan at any page and not to be grabbed and plunged into a story where the action is non-stop and outrageous. The Countess Ashby de la Zouche books are a joy, written with tremendous energy and flair. It goes without saying that Fidelis has done her history homework, but no one ever made history more fun."
Amnesia (2017)
Michael Ridpath
"Highly ingenious and engaging: a mystery within a mystery within a mystery, like one of those Russian dolls. I was gripped. The irony in all this is that Amnesia will lodge in my memory for years to come."
The Marsh King's Daughter (2017)
Karen Dionne
"Totally compelling and different from anything I can remember reading before."
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