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The House Sitter
Peter Lovesey
Works of: Fiction
The ninth book in the Diamond series begins on a south coast with the tide coming in, almost lapping the feet of a sun bather who doesn’t move. On a hot summer’s afternoon a horrific murder has been carried out on a crowded beach, The local police are headed by Henrietta ‘Hen’ Mallin but soon the Bath detective Peter Diamond is involved as well because the victim is traced back to his city. The House Sitter was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times book prize and won the Macavity award for best novel.
Other Awards
Macavity Award for best novel
Sub-genres
Other books by Peter Lovesey


The Secret of Spandau

Murder on the Short List

The Sedgemoor Strangler & Other Stories of Crime

Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown & Other Stories

Butchers & Other Stories of Crime

Keystone

Bertie and the Crime of Passion

Bertie and the Seven Bodies

Bertie and the Tinman

Dead Gorgeous

Rough Cider

Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories

The Reaper

The False Inspector Dew

The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

Swing, Swing Together

Abracadaver

A Case of Spirits

Invitation to a Dynamite Party

Mad Hatter’s Holiday

The Headhunters

Wobble to Death

Waxwork

Diamond Solitaire

The Last Detective

The Circle

Upon a Dark Night

Bloodhounds

The Summons

Diamond Dust

The Vault

Stagestruck

Skeleton Hill

The Secret Hangman

The Stone Wife

The Tooth Tattoo

Cop to Corpse

Beau Death

Down Among the Dead Men

Another One Goes Tonight

Diamond and the Eye

The Finisher

Killing with Confetti

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