Description: "50 years of Peter Lovesey mystery"--Jacket.
Review Quotes: A Seattle Times Best Crime Novel of 2020
A New York Times Editors' Choice
The Strand Magazine Best Novel of 2020
"A peerlessly plotted mystery."
--The New York Times "Lovesey is careful to remind us that Bath holds hidden secrets behind its gracious Georgian architecture . . . Light and dark imagery is a fixture of Lovesey's Bath novels, in which life is lived on many levels, some in full sunshine and others buried in shadow."
--The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Lovesey, a veteran master of mayhem and misdirection, laces ominous suspense with wit. The Finisher showcases his enduring abilities in this, his 50th year writing crime fiction."
--Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "Tight plotting and supple prose."
--Adam Woog, The Seattle Times "[Lovesey] has created a brisk, colorful page-turner centered on murder and mayhem at the springtime half-marathon in the city of Bath."
--The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "I was convinced this go-round--I've read all of the Diamond series--that I'd spotted the killer and took notes to that end. But with Lovesey's masterful craftiness, I was dead wrong. This fine mystery finishes strong and is a sheer demonic delight."
--The Providence Journal
"Peter Lovesey's storytelling skills, and certainly his gift for constructing a fair play puzzle, match those of the finest exponents of Golden Age fiction."
--Martin Edwards "Masterly, atmospheric . . . On the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Lovesey is still going strong."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Peter Lovesey is one of the world's best crime novelists, and one of the best historians of running . . . Full of surprises, vivid running details, and human interest."
--PodiumRunner Magazine "Lovesey has stayed enviably fresh throughout his decades-long mystery-writing marathon and once again breaks the tape in fine form."
--Air Mail
Praise for Killing with Confetti "Mr. Lovesey has been writing his Peter Diamond series for nearly three decades, and it's a pleasure to note no discernible flagging of energy in author or detective. And how refreshing to hear the inimitable Diamond erupt in righteous 'F-- forensics. . . . We're detectives. . . . We investigate.'"
--The Wall Street Journal "Lovesey plant[s] clever clues, a big surprise and a tense climax in the labyrinthine ruins of the town's Roman baths."
--The Seattle Times "We're treated to Lovesey's enchanting style . . . urbane wordplay and sucker-punch plotting. Don't believe anyone who says, 'I knew it all along.'"
--Booklist "Rich with history of the scenic area of Bath, England, and laced with wit, danger, pathos, love and loss . . . A delightful summer escape from the drumbeat of real-world events."
--BookReporter