Another One Goes Tonight: A Peter Diamond Investigation
by
Peter Lovesey
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Soho, 2016 (2016)
Hardcover, CD, e-Book
Reviewed by Bob Walch
T
his sixteenth adventure in the highly popular Peter Diamond series revolves around the Detective Superintendent investigating a mishap on behalf of the Professional Standards Department that involves two officers. On the way to a call the men's car spins off the roadway and one officer is killed and the other badly injured.
W
hen he arrives at the scene, Diamond is horrified to discover that there is a third victim whose body has been overlooked. The man is found in the weeds by the side of the road and is still alive.
A
fter administering CPR to save the third victim, Diamond does a little digging into who the man is and what he uncovers is quite startling. A number of mysterious deaths turn up and it appears that the individual hanging on to life support may indeed be a serial killer.
I
f you enjoy British police procedurals you'll find this not only a riveting but also a very satisfying read. This is vintage Diamond with a well defined protagonist and well designed plot.
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