Against the Grain

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***

COMING SOON

‘His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing’ DEADLY PLEASURES

‘Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he never lets the comedy vitiate the mystery’ THE TIMES

‘It’s one thing to be prolific. To be prolific and innovative is quite another. Yet Peter Lovesey, more than fifty years after he burst on to the crime writing scene, continues to try out new ideas’ MARTIN EDWARDS

Author Biography

Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.