First published in the U.K. in 1994, this first U.S. edition gathers 18 superb mystery stories by MWA Grand Master Lovesey (the Peter Diamond series). While “The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown ...

1. ‘Against the Grain’ by Peter Lovesey Lovesey concludes his award-winning Peter Diamond series with a classic English-village mystery. Warily facing his looming retirement, Diamond ...

“I’m the burly, bald bloke in the black pinstripe suit.” That’s how Peter Diamond, the police inspector from Bath, England, describes himself in “Against the Grain,” the 22nd and final ...