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The Stone Wife
Peter Diamond Mystery (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- Michael Tudor Barnes
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 3 April 2014
- Run Time
- 12 hours 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is shot dead.
Peter Diamond, head of the murder squad, soon finds himself sharing an office with the stone wife - until he is ejected. To his extreme annoyance the lump of stone appears to exert a malign influence over him and his investigation. Refusing to be beaten, he rallies his team and begins finding suspects and motives.
The case demands that someone goes undercover. The dangerous mission falls to Sergeant Ingeborg Smith, reverting to her journalist persona to get the confidence of a wealthy local criminal through his pop star girlfriend. And soon, murder makes a reappearance . . .
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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Yet another masterpiece in the series of master sleuth Diamond. Lovesey never fails to entertain and surprise the reader. Must read more.
Geoff Miles 2023-10-18
Details
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- Michael Tudor Barnes
- Duration
- 12 hours 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 April 2014
- ISBN
- 9781405531535
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
The fourteenth Peter Diamond case has the eminent detective in pursuit of a murderer after a theft at an auction house goes wrong.Just as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched away, tries to stop them and is shot dead.Peter Diamond, head of the murder squad, soon finds himself sharing an office with the stone wife - until he is ejected. To his extreme annoyance the lump of stone appears to exert a malign influence over him and his investigation. Refusing to be beaten, he rallies his team and begins finding suspects and motives.The case demands that someone goes undercover. The dangerous mission falls to Sergeant Ingeborg Smith, reverting to her journalist persona to get the confidence of a wealthy local criminal through his pop star girlfriend. And soon, murder makes a reappearance . . .
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