Exciting things have happened since my USA tour and Lifetime Achievement Award in May, 2008:

The Headhunters, published on May 1 by Sphere, sold out within the first month and has been reprinted in the UK.

The Peter Diamond series, beginning with The Last Detective, has been optioned for television by ITV.

My latest collection of short stories, Murder on the Short List, has been published in the USA by Crippen & Landru.

The Sergeant Cribb series is being reissued in the USA by Soho, starting in October, 2008. with Wobble to Death and The Detective Wore Silk Drawers.

Reviews of The Headhunters in Britain and America have been terrific: “Peter Lovesey excels  … it confirms Lovesey’s place in the top echelon of British crime writers.’ (Susanna Yager, Daily Telegraph).

“… a thoroughly delightful detective story, old-fashioned in the way that reminds us why we started reading and loving mysteries in the first place. Try him. You’ll love him.” (Otto Penzler, New York Sun) 

“You can always count on Peter Lovesey, one of England’s most respected mystery writers, to come up with a rollicking good detective yarn … If you like a classic British mystery that keeps you guessing and moves quickly to a conclusion, you’ll thoroughly enjoy The Headhunters.(Joseph Scarpato, Jr, Mystery Scene)

“The Headhunters offers proof once again that nobody can write the modern traditional detective novel as perfectly as Lovesey.” (Tom & Enid Schantz, The Denver Post)

Appearances
June 30 (evening) Border’s Bookshop, Brighton; July 12 (2pm) Hornsey Library; July 19 (12-1pm) Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate; August 19 (2-4pm) Meet the Authors, Selsey; September 14 (3.30pm) Reading Crime Festival; November 19 (2-4.30pm) Society of Women Writers & Journalists, Jubilee Library, Brighton.