With more violence than we normally associate with Lovesey, this is well up to his high standard of story telling. It will hold you to the deckchair even if the sun is not shining Daily Mail In his lengthy career, veteran novelist Peter Lovesey has supplied the most diverting (and elegantly written) crime fiction, very much the case in this latest novel...Lovesey admirers need not hesitate Good Book Guide [A] lively, surprise-filled police procedural Wall Street Journal The murder mystery is solved along traditional lines, but it's the wonderful tidbits of Chaucerian scholarship that enliven the novel New York Times Mr Lovesey more than lives up to his reputation as a brilliant wordsmith, he exceeds it. Superintendent Peter Diamond is a warm, witty and wonderful creation by one of England's most talented crime writers New York Journal of Books Peter Diamond is back, embroiled in a mystery that offers a wealth of wit and a true puzzle linked to a historical literary genius ... As always, the character and his team are sharp, funny, and grab the reader's attention from beginning to end Suspense magazine I consider Lovesey to be the reigning king of British crime fiction Deadly Pleasures Well-plotted, with that lovely unexpected twist at the end that makes mystery fiction so fascinating. Highly recommended Mystery People