The Vault
by:
Peter Lovesey (author)
Peter Diamond is a policeman whose abrasive manner is not appreciated by his superiors, but when a skeletal hand turns up in the vault of the Pump Room in Bath, followed by the excavation of a skull, Diamond is called upon to solve a series of crimes, including murder and forgery, requiring a...
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Peter Diamond is a policeman whose abrasive manner is not appreciated by his superiors, but when a skeletal hand turns up in the vault of the Pump Room in Bath, followed by the excavation of a skull, Diamond is called upon to solve a series of crimes, including murder and forgery, requiring a knowledge of history, nineteenth-century art, literature . . . and contemporary human nature. Peter Lovesey, author of four previous Peter Diamond mysteries, has been awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement as well as many U.S. honors for hismysteries.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781569472088 (1569472084)
Publish date: September 1st 2008
Publisher: Soho Press
Pages no: 331
Edition language: English
Series: Peter Diamond (#6)
bookshelves: published-1999, series, tbr-busting-2015, summer-2015, bath, britain-england, mystery-thriller, under-500-ratings Read from June 03 to 05, 2015 Read by.................. Peter BarkerTotal Runtime......... 11 Hours 50 MinsDescription: A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under ...
Detective Superintendent Diamond, of Bath, has a peculiar crime on his hands. A pair of hands is discovered by workmen excavating a old cellar that turns out to be the vault of an old house that once had belonged to Mary Shelley, and it appears she had written Frankenstein while in residence there...
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