By Peter Lovesey
"Good stuff . . . Breezy, British, and as relaxed as a Cotswold cottage."—The ny occasions ebook evaluate "Written with power and elegance, a masterly performance."—Rocky Mountain information John Mountjoy has escaped from criminal and brought a hostage, and the one individual he’ll consult is Detective Peter Diamond, who arrested him 4 years past for the homicide of a tender journalist. Diamond needs to stick to a chilly path to discover one other killer and transparent Mountjoy’s identify sooner than another individual dies. Peter Lovesey is the writer of 23 highly-praised mysteries and has been offered the CWA’s Gold, Silver, and Diamond Daggers, in addition to many U.S. honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.
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Wigfull shtugged. “He asked for you. As I just said, the first principle—” “Save it, then,” Diamond cut him short. “You want me to humor John Mountjoy. ” “How touching! Let’s face it, he wants the pleasure of blowing me away. What protection would I get? None. ” “We don’t know that he is armed,” Wigfull said. Deciding apparently that this was not the best line to pursue, Tott said to Diamond, “My dear fellow, I won’t deny that there is a risk. Of course there’s a risk. I don’t know if you happen to be a father—” “No,” said Diamond.
It is ultimate security. All the gates and doors are linked to a computer housed in a control room bristling with television monitors. Approach a door anywhere in Albany and you are up there on the screen. That control room really is the hub of the place. Apart from the monitors, it houses a master location panel, radio-communications sys- tern, the generator and, of course, the team of prison officers on duty. By a stroke of irony that causes no end of amusement to the inmates, those screws have to be banged up more securely than anyone else in the prison.
She generally needed to unwind after her afternoon serving in the Oxfam shop. It was difficult not to be irked by well-to-do Knightsbridge women who ransacked the rail for designer labels at bargain prices and still asked for a reduction. Peter Diamond rarely glanced at the paper these days. Most of what they printed put him into black moods. He had stopped watching the television except for rugby and boxing. There was too much about the police—too much on the news and too much drama. He was trying to forget.