Butchers and Other Stories of Crime [Paperback]

Peter Lovesey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Mysterious Pr (November 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892969601
• ISBN-13: 978-0892969609
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,162,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

PETER LOVESEY is the author of the Peter Diamond mysteries, well known for their use of surprise, strong characters and hard-to-crack puzzles. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2000, the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the Anthony, the Ellery Queen Readers' Award and is Grand Master of the Swedish Academy of Detection. He has been a full-time author since 1975, and was formerly in further education. Earlier series include the Sergeant Cribb mysteries seen on TV and the Bertie, Prince of Wales novels. The Diamond novels, set in Bath, England, where Peter lived for some years, feature a burly, warm-hearted, but no-nonsense police detective whose personal life becomes as engaging to the reader as the intricate mysteries he solves. His team in Bath CID includes the ex-journo Ingeborg Smith, the long-serving Keith Halliwell and the meticulous John Leaman, all involved in what is essentially a fair-play procedural mystery series. Peter and his wife Jax, who co-scripted the TV series, have a son, Phil, also a teacher and mystery writer, and a daughter Kathy, who was a Vice-President of J.P.Morgan-Chase, and now lives with her family in Greenwich, Ct. Peter currently lives in Chichester, England. His website at www.peterlovesey.com gives fuller details of his life and books. "Try him. You'll love him," wrote the doyen of the mystery world, Otto Penzler, in the New York Sun.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short stories with surprise endings, May 17, 2000

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P. Tanner (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butchers and Other Stories of Crime (Paperback)

This is great little volume of 16 short stories, all which have a surprise or a twist at the end. Usually the villain gets their comeuppance or a misunderstanding leads to the hero winning the day. I recommend this book highly for those who like their reading in small batches; I just wish Lovesey would write a few more batches of stories.

5.0 out of 5 stars highly enjoyable, June 28, 2008

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Neal J. Pollock (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Butchers & Other Stories of Crime (Hardcover)

I've read quite a few of Lovesey's novels--w/his 3 different detectives--Diamond, Prince of Wales, & Sgt. Cribb, they're usually pretty good, but this is my 1st read short story collection. He's better at short stories! They're intriguing, different, surprising, & most enjoyable. The endings are gems, esp. in "The Corder Figure." Terrific!