Description: "Peter Lovesey loves strong women, cerebral killers and diabolical puzzles--the very ingredients that make "The House Sitter" one of the most cunning mysteries in his Inspector Diamond series."--Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times Book Review."
Review Quotes: Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Mystery Writers of America 2018 Grandmaster
A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery of the Year
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Shortlisted for the Barry Award "Peter Lovesey loves strong women, cerebral killers and diabolical puzzles--the very ingredients that make The House Sitter one of the most cunning mysteries in his Inspector Diamond series."
--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
"Splendid . . . [an] elegant and suspenseful puzzle."
--Los Angeles Times "An extraordinary mystery."
--Chicago Tribune "Compelling . . . a tour de force."
--Boston Herald "Lovesey demonstrates . . . how richly he deserves the British Crime Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement award . . . Lovesey is a master of intricate plotting. A Paiute water basket is not more tightly constructed than this extraordinary story nor more exquisite. The identity of the killer, when finally revealed, is genuinely startling."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "An ingenious and complex novel, this is Lovesey at the top of his form."
--Booklist, Starred Review
"This deliciously intricate puzzle makes for very pleasurable reading. The plotting is airtight, and there are any number of arresting and interesting characters."
--Denver Post "True wit is the hallmark of the classic British mystery, and Peter Lovesey delivers it, and a lot more, in The House Sitter . . . A literate and delightful mystery."
--Baltimore Sun Praise for The Peter Diamond series "Peter Diamond is impatient, belligerent, cunning, insightful, foul, laugh-out-loud funny . . . A superb series."
--Louise Penny "I'm jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time--you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book."
--Sara Paretsky "What'll it be today? A knotty puzzle mystery? A fast-paced police procedural? Something more high-toned, with a bit of wit? With the British author Peter Lovesey, there's no need to make those agonizing decisions, because his books have it all."
--The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Lovesey's narrative is swift, but he takes time out for local color and abundant humor, the latter springing from the book's quirky characters . . . Lovesey is a wizard at mixing character-driven comedy with realistic-to-grim suspense. And in a writing career spanning four decades, he has created a stylish and varied body of work."
--The Wall Street Journal "Next to Jane Austen, Peter Lovesey is the writer the tourist board of Bath, England, extols most proudly . . . The enduring draw of the Peter Diamond books derives both from the beguiling Bath cityscape and the brusque character of Diamond himself."
--NPR