Crime fiction novelist best known for his Sergeant Cribb character, short-story writer and historian of athletics During a literary career spanning more than half a century, the crime writer Peter Lovesey, who has died aged 88, was often described as "prolific". Although this was true, in his case the term never became a euphemism for "formulaic" or "predictable". Lovesey possessed the gift of entertaining readers while setting a diverse range of stories at different times in the past as well as...
Crime fiction novelist best known for his Sergeant Cribb character, short-story writer and historian of athletics During a literary career spanning more than half a century, the crime writer Peter Lovesey, who has died aged 88, was often described as "prolific". Although this was true, in his case the term never became a euphemism for "formulaic" or "predictable". Lovesey possessed the gift of entertaining readers while setting a diverse range of stories at different times in the past as well as...
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