Peter Lovesey (Photo Credit: Kate Shermilt)
Peter Lovesey is a British novelist of crime fiction novels, many of which are historical. His series characters include Sergeant Cribb and Peter Diamond. He has also published several novels under the pen name of Peter Lear. Peter has won several of the highest awards in his field, including the Anthony Award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Macavity Award and the Barry Award. His son, Phil Lovesey, is also a crime novelist.

Peter Lovesey’s first book published was a non-fiction book entitled The Kings of Distance, which came out in 1968. His first novel was the Sergeant Cribb novel Wobble to Death, published in 1970. Below is a list of Peter Lovesey’s books in order of when they were originally published:

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Publication Order of Sergeant Cribb Books

Wobble to Death (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Abracadaver (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tick of Death / Invitation to a Dynamite Party (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Case of Spirits (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Swing, Swing Together (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Waxwork (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Books

Bertie and the Tinman (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bertie and the Seven Bodies (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bertie and the Crime of Passion (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Inspector Henrietta Mallin Books

Publication Order of Peter Diamond Books

The Last Detective (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diamond Solitaire (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Summons (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bloodhounds (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Upon a Dark Night (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vault (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diamond Dust (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The House Sitter (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Hangman (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skeleton Hill (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stagestruck (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cop to Corpse (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Tooth Tattoo (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Stone Wife (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Down Among the Dead Men (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Another One Goes Tonight (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beau Death (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killing with Confetti (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Finisher (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diamond and the Eye (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Showstopper (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Goldengirl (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spider Girl / In Suspense (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The False Inspector Dew (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Keystone (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rough Cider (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret of Spandau (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On the Edge / Dead Gorgeous (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Reaper (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

(with Edward Marston)

Vandals (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Parrot is Forever (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Corbett Correspondence (With: Edward Marston) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Collections

Butchers and Other Stories of Crime (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Cabinet (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Dead Giveaway (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sedgemoor Strangler (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the Short List (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Five Kings of Distance (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman) (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Perfect Murder(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who...(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fifty Best Mysteries(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
2nd Culprit(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crown Crime Companion(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malice Domestic 5(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malice Domestic 6(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Century of British Mystery and Suspense(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Malice Domestic 10(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thou Shalt Not Kill(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Detection Collection(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deadly Pleasures(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sinking Admiral(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Usual Santas(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Motives for Murder(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silent Night, Deadly Night(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Usual Santas of Soho Crime Christmas Capers(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silver Bullets(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXV: 2021 Annual 1881-1888(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Tick of Death was also titled Invitation to a Dynamite Party. The novels Goldengirl, Spider Girl and The Secret of Spandau were written under the pseudonym of Peter Lear. On the Edge was also titled Dead Gorgeous. A Dead Giveaway also contains stories by Clare Curzon, Gillian Linscott, Dorothy Simpson and Margaret Yorke. The novel Spider Girl by Peter Lear was later re-published as In Suspense by Peter Lovesey.

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Peter Lovesey Synopsis: In Goldengirl by Peter Lear (a pen name of Peter Lovesey), Jack Dryden is hired by a group of investors in order to help train the perfect athlete. However, she happens to have ties to Nazi Germany and some of the training methods that being used are quite abnormal. Will Dryden stay the course?

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