HOME Popular Books Popular Audioooks Popular Textbooks Popular Freebooks More Genres

Book

Audiobook

Genres

Against the Grain

By Peter Lovesey

Release : 2024-12-03

Genre : British Detectives, Books, Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedural

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series.

Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has invited Diamond and his partner, Paloma, to visit the idyllic village of Baskerville (no relation to the Sherlock Holmes story, so he's told). It turns out Julie's invitation was not without ulterior motives. The woman who owns the village's largest dairy farm has been convicted of manslaughter following a terrible accident in her grain silo. Julie's ex-investigator instinct tells her there has been a miscarriage of justice and a murderer is on the loose—but Julie's been keeping secrets of her own, and can't take her inquiry any further.

Diamond takes the bait; the case is a fascinating one, and he's quite enjoying his incognito information-gathering, getting to know the villagers as they prepare for their annual Harvest Festival. The deeper into the cow dung Diamond mucks, the more convinced he becomes there was foul play. But maintaining his innocent tourist facade becomes harder as he closes in on his suspects. To protect his alias, he might have to learn how to operate a tractor or drive a herd of wayward cows. He might even be forced to attend a hoedown—not that he'd dance, not even to catch a killer. Or would he? The curmudgeonly detective has plenty to learn about himself as he tries on some new hats: undercover private investigator; village detective; country gentleman. 

Over 30 years and 21 other novels, Peter Lovesey has bewitched his enormous fandom with the wry, stubborn, and fiendishly clever Peter Diamond. Now he brings his Anthony, Macavity, and CWA Dagger–winning series to a close with this delightful and bittersweet final installment.

Against the Grain

By Peter Lovesey

Release : 2024-12-03

Genre : British Detectives, Books, Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedural

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series.

Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has invited Diamond and his partner, Paloma, to visit the idyllic village of Baskerville (no relation to the Sherlock Holmes story, so he's told). It turns out Julie's invitation was not without ulterior motives. The woman who owns the village's largest dairy farm has been convicted of manslaughter following a terrible accident in her grain silo. Julie's ex-investigator instinct tells her there has been a miscarriage of justice and a murderer is on the loose—but Julie's been keeping secrets of her own, and can't take her inquiry any further.

Diamond takes the bait; the case is a fascinating one, and he's quite enjoying his incognito information-gathering, getting to know the villagers as they prepare for their annual Harvest Festival. The deeper into the cow dung Diamond mucks, the more convinced he becomes there was foul play. But maintaining his innocent tourist facade becomes harder as he closes in on his suspects. To protect his alias, he might have to learn how to operate a tractor or drive a herd of wayward cows. He might even be forced to attend a hoedown—not that he'd dance, not even to catch a killer. Or would he? The curmudgeonly detective has plenty to learn about himself as he tries on some new hats: undercover private investigator; village detective; country gentleman. 

Over 30 years and 21 other novels, Peter Lovesey has bewitched his enormous fandom with the wry, stubborn, and fiendishly clever Peter Diamond. Now he brings his Anthony, Macavity, and CWA Dagger–winning series to a close with this delightful and bittersweet final installment.

advertisement

Access e-books

More By Peter Lovesey

The Last Detective

Diamond Solitaire

Another One Goes Tonight

The Tooth Tattoo

The Summons

Bloodhounds

Wobble to Death

Upon a Dark Night

Down Among the Dead Men

Cop to Corpse

The Vault

The False Inspector Dew

Stagestruck

The House Sitter

Diamond Dust

The Stone Wife

The Finisher

Beau Death

The Secret Hangman

Skeleton Hill

Killing with Confetti

Diamond and the Eye

Showstopper

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

Bertie and the Tinman

Bookshop Mysteries

The Circle

The Headhunters

The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

Rough Cider

Abracadaver

Remaindered

Against the Grain

Waxwork

Mad Hatter's Holiday

The Reaper

The Crooked Road, Volume 2

Swing, Swing Together

A Case of Spirits

The Tick of Death

Bertie and the Seven Bodies

Bertie and the Crime of Passion

Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories

On the Edge

Secret of Spandau, The

El secreto de Spandau

Black Cat Weekly #69

Il falso ispettore (Il Giallo Mondadori)

Cadaveri in divisa (Il Giallo Mondadori)

Misteri a Hollywood (Il Giallo Mondadori)