The Headhunters, Peter Lovesey
The Headhunters, Peter Lovesey
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The Headhunters

Author: Peter Lovesey

Narrator: Susan Lyons

Unabridged: 11 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/10/2008


Synopsis

Recipient of the British Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger, Gold Dagger, and Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, Peter Lovesey has also won Anthony and Macavity Awards for his splendid mysteries. In The Headhunters, an innocent discussion about killing the boss leads friends Gemma and Jo into real-life murder. "Lovesey is a master."-Washington Post Book World

About Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey is the author of the Peter Diamond mysteries, the Sergeant Cribb mysteries, and the Bertie, Prince of Wales novels. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger, Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the Anthony, and the Ellery Queen Readers' Award, and is Grand Master of the Swedish Academy of Detection. He has been a full-time author since 1975, and was formerly in higher education. Peter currently lives in Chichester, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 17, 2010

This is my least favorite of the Lovesey novels I have read so far, which is not that I don't think it is a fine book. I suppose I prefer the character of Diamond better and the literary backdrops in many of his Diamond books. The character development in this mystery is very fine, great psychologic......more

Goodreads review by Don on April 30, 2012

I've come to realize that characters making bad decisions is really something to overlook in murder mysteries; it's what keeps things interesting and moves the story along. I can forgive lapses in judgement in these cases, including the huge lapse in judgement that sets the story in motion in the fi......more