Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey, 2009

Peter Harmer Lovesey (born September 10, 1936 in Whitton , Middlesex , England ) is an English crime novelist .

Life

After studying English in Reading , Lovesey worked for some time as a teacher in adult education. His interest in athletes at the end of the 19th century not only led to the publication of a non-fiction book, but also provided the plot for the first crime novel Death Has Long Legs in 1969 , with which he entered a writing competition and promptly won.

This then developed into a whole series from Victorian London by Sherlock Holmes . Although his investigators Sergeant Richard Cribb and his assistant Constable Edward Thackeray are police officers at the yard , they repeatedly resort to "modern" covert investigation methods.

After eight novels, Lovesey got an offer to film it as a TV series . However, the series should consist of 14 episodes and so he and his wife Jacqueline wrote the scripts for the eight existing and six new Cribb adventures within eight months.

In the 1980s he turned away from Cribb and wrote various detective novels and stories, including under the pseudonym Peter Lear . In 1987 a second series began around Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, or Bertie for short.

His current, very successful series describes the adventures of ex-police officer Peter Diamond in Bath, south-west of England .

Awards

• 1978 Silver Dagger for Waxwork
• 1982 Gold Dagger for The False Inspector Dew (German: Farewell in English)
• 1985 Grand prix de littérature policière (International category) for Trois flics dans un canot (Original: Swing, swing together ; German: Flußpartie zum Galgen)
• 1987 Prix ​​du Roman d'Aventures for Le Médium a perdu ses esprits (Original: A Case of Spirits; German: Death of a Medium)
• 1992 Anthony Award (Best Novel category) for The Last Detective (German: The Woman in the Lake)
• 1995 Silver Dagger for The Summons (German: Justice for a Murderer )
• 1996 Silver Dagger for Bloodhounds
• 1997 Macavity Award (Best Novel category) for Bloodhounds
• 1997 Barry Award (Best Novel category) for Bloodhounds
• 2000 Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award from the British Crime Writer's Association in recognition of his life's literary work to date
• 2004 Macavity Award (Best Novel category) for The House Sitter
• 2009 Swedish Crime Award - Grand Master of the Svenska Deckarakademin in recognition of his literary life's work to date

Works

Sergeant Cribb

• Death has long legs ( Wobble to Death , 1970)
• Clear the ring for Sergeant Cribb (a. Detective in Boxer Pants; The Detective Wore Silk Drawers , 1971)
• Abracadaver ( Abracadaver , 1972)
• The vacation of a deranged ( Mad Hatter's Holiday , 1973)
• A bomb invitation ( Invitation to a Dynamite Party , 1974)
• Death of a Medium ( A Case of Spirits , 1975)
• River part to the gallows ( Swing, Swing Together , 1976)
• Waxwork (1978, not published in German)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

• His Highness the Detective ( Bertie and the Tinman , 1987)
• His Highness and the Seven Bodies ( Bertie and the Seven Bodies , 1990)
• Bertie and the Crime of Passion (1993, not published in German)

Peter Diamond (selection)

• The woman in the lake ( The Last Detective , 1991)
• The Girl's Track ( Diamond Solitaire , 1992)
• Justice for a Killer ( The Summons , 1995) - 1996 Edgar nomination
• Bloodhounds (1996, not yet published in German)
• The House Sitter (2003, not published in German)

other (selection)

• Farewell in English ( The False Inspector Dew , 1982)
• His last slapstick ( Keystone , 1983)
• A bitter aftertaste ( Rough Cider , 1986) - 1988 Edgar nomination
• Do not exceed the stated Dose (1998, not published in German)
• The Reaper (2000, not published in German)

Web links

• Interview with Peter Lovesey (English)
• Literature by and about Peter Lovesey in the catalog of the German National Library