by Peter Lovesey · Sphere · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751553604
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«The Secret Hangman» is the crime novel by Peter Lovesey, published by Sphere in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Bath detective Peter Diamond investigates the disappearance of a young woman at the request of his boss while an anonymous admirer seeks him out and his colleague Ingeborg disrupts the team's routine. When a woman is found hanged on a swing, with a second ligature mark and a murky past, Diamond suspects a secret hangman is at work in the city.
Published in 2014, it is the ninth installment of the Peter Diamond crime novel series and features the Bath detective.
Aimed at fans of crime fiction and police procedurals, especially followers of the Peter Diamond series.
Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. He was also one of the world's leading track and field statisticians.
