SHOWSTOPPER was published by Soho Press in the United States on December 6 2022 and Sphere in the United Kingdom on January 12 2023.
This is the twenty-first Peter Diamond mystery in a series that started with THE LAST DETECTIVE. The pre-publication reviews speak for themselves:
“ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR A VETERAN SLEUTH WHO’S PRETTY UNSTOPPABLE HIMSELF” Publishers Weekly Starred Review
“MORE THAN 30 YEARS INTO THIS SERIES, LOVESEY SHOWS NO SIGN OF LOSING STEAM OR INGENUITY” Kirkus Reviews
“PETER LOVESEY CONTINUES TO AMAZE WITH HIS INGENIOUS PLOTTING AND PLEASING STYLE” Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine
“AN ENTICING, FAST-PACED MYSTERY THAT WILL LEAVE READERS GUESSING AT EVERY TURN” Goodreads
Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond doesn’t believe in jinxes. When he is ordered to investigate a top TV series plagued by a series of misfortunes, he is unmoved. The incidents were spread across six years and Diamond is no fan of Swift – a long-running show that glorifies criminals and mocks the police. He decides that the local newspaper is making a sensation out of nothing. He puts the junior member of the squad on the case.
But when young officer Paul Gilbert goes on location with the TV unit and witnesses another near-death incident, the jinx must be taken more seriously. The press learn that Diamond himself is taking charge, putting him under pressure to account for the mishaps, accidents and disappearances and come up with a solution. But his troubles have barely started. Behind this so-called jinx lurks a killer who must be found and stopped.
