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The Stone Wife

The Stone Wife( )
Author: Lovesey, Peter
Series title:A Peter Diamond Investigation Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4104-7394-3
Publication Date:Nov 2014
Publisher:Thorndike Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.99
Book Description:

In a Bath auction house, a large slab of carved stone is up for sale when there's a hold-up attempt by three masked robbers. They kill the highest bidder, a professor who has recognized the figure carved in the stone as Chaucer's Wife of Bath, and then flee, leaving the stone behind. Peter Diamond is assigned to investigate, and the stone is moved into his office - causing such difficulties that he starts to think the carving has jinxed him.

Book Details
Pages:586
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Crime
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.7 x 8.6 x 1.2 Inches
Author Biography
Lovesey, Peter (Author)
Peter Lovesey was born in Whitton, Middlesex in 1936. He was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer.

Lovesey's first mystery novel was Wobble to Death which introduced Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb. He later introduced Peter Diamond and Bertie in his novels to follow. He also writes under the pseudonym Peter Lear. His works have been translated into 22 languages and several of them were adapted for television and film.

Lovesey's works have earned him numerous awards. He is a three time winner of the CWA Silver Dagger. He also won the CWA Gold Dagger in 1982 and the 2000 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award in recognition of his career in mystery writing. He is the recipient of the Anthony Award, McAvity Award, Ellery Queen Readers' Award and the Mystery Writers of America Golden Mysteries Short Story Prize. Internationally, he has won the Grand Prix de littérature Policiére and the Prix du Roman d'Adventures.

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