Peter Lovesey writes <b>feel-good crime</b> yet <b>he never lets the comedy vitiate the mystery</b>
The Times Saturday review
Glory be! British crime novelist Lovesey is back, bringing along his beloved series hero, the grumpy, darkly funny, and - beneath it all - strictly business Peter Diamond, Detective Inspector with the Bath constabulary. It's all here: <b>mystery, sparky writing, and a cast of characters who come alive on the page</b>, moving through a tricky plot that we know is playing us for suckers
Booklist starred review
As with all the Diamond books, the characterisation is <b>superb.</b> . . The plot is <b>fascinating</b>, with several subtle red herrings that keep the reader guessing until the end
Mystery People
<p>It's one thing to be prolific. To be prolific and innovative is quite another. Yet Peter Lovesey, <b>more than fifty years after he burst on to the crime writing scene, continues to try out new ideas - [a] </b><b>good-</b><br /><b>natured jeu d'esprit.</b></p>
- Martin Edwards, Do You Write Under Your Own Name?
Peter Lovesey scores with <b>a rattling good tale.</b>
DAILY MAIL
<b>The action builds to a Poirot-like solution</b>.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Longtime PI buffs will take a shine to the dodgy Getz's wannabe ambitions, and<b> procedural buffs should enjoy how Diamond and company work the case.</b> It's the mutual aggravation society of the two mismatched sleuths, however, that really has me itching for a rematch.
Mystery Scene
Diamond and the Eye is an almost non-stop giggle as well as a classic police detection episode . . I<b>t's the perfect prescription for those who've been taking their lives (or their crime fiction reading) too seriously .</b> . . Through the non-stop campy humor runs a solid and <b>clever little mystery with some great red herrings</b> and a fine twist before solution.
NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS