Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose [Import] [Paperback]

Peter Lovesey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: TIME WARNER PAPERBAC; New Ed edition (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0751523186
• ISBN-13: 978-0751523188
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,027,807 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.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect bite-size entertainment, November 19, 2002

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Cynthia S. Froning "astrocyn" (Longmont, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose (Paperback)

I don't read short stories that frequently, but this collection was a real pleasure. Each story is tightly written, with well-drawn characters and a crafty plot. Best of all is the evil cackle in the author's voice which comes through loud and clear in each and every story.

4.0 out of 5 stars Exceed the Dose!, August 18, 2010

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Jonathan L. Jarrett (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose (Paperback)

Having read all of Lovesey's Peter Diamond Mysteries & the Cribb novels, I was fiending for more--that's when I found this collection in a used book shop. If you're a fan, you'll love these little glimpses into all of Lovesey's detective worlds. And the other reviewer is also correct: The delightfully dark twinkle in all of these stories is fantastic, something that maybe the shorter format of a story helps keep fresh.