The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime [Paperback]

Peter Lovesey (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Short-story aficionados should flock to this marvelous collection of 16 nail-bitingly suspenseful tales from the popular British crime writer. Perfect murders, serial stranglers, mysterious paintings, deadly practical jokes, gorilla suits--they're all here. It's been said that writing short mystery fiction is tougher than writing mystery novels (not enough room for characters to develop, the argument goes), but Lovesey makes it look like a walk in the park. He even makes his "gimmick" stories--a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, a murder mystery set on the Titanic, a tale in which a dead man appears to have committed a robbery--look effortless, a trick many writers have yet to master. These stories have appeared in such magazines and anthologies as Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, The Strand, and Death by Horoscope, but even those who have read them all before will want to read them again. A comprehensive bibliography of Lovesey's published stories will send fans scurrying for more. David Pitt
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About the Author

Peter Lovesey has won honors around the world, including the Gold and Silver Daggers, the Macavity, and the Grand Prix de Litterateur Policière. The British Crime Writers Association has recognized Lovesey with its highest honor, the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Crippen & Landru Publishers (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885941641
• ISBN-13: 978-1885941640
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #755,792 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.