Where to Start with Peter Lovesey
- Best entry point → The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
- Start the Inspector Henrietta Mallin series → The Circle
- What readers keep coming back to → The Last Detective
- Highest rated by readers → The House Sitter (Peter Diamond #8)
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Another One Goes Tonight
Peter Diamond • Book 16
★ 4.06 BLT Score (2.1K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (2.1K) - 3
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Down Among the Dead Men
Peter Diamond • Book 15
★ 4.00 BLT Score (2.1K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (2.1K) - 5
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The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
★ 3.96 BLT Score (319 ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (319) - 9
Killing with Confetti
Peter Diamond • Book 18
★ 3.95 BLT Score (1.6K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (1.6K) - 10
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The Circle
Inspector Henrietta Mallin • Book 1
★ 3.68 BLT Score (906 ratings)★ 3.61 Goodreads (906) - 20
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