The Secret Hangman

De: Peter Lovesey

Narrado por: Simon Prebble

Delia Williamson, a waitress and mother of two young girls, is reported missing. She is soon found in a public park, hanging from the crossbar of a children's swing set. The postmortem reveals that she has been murdered. Her current partner, her ex-husband, and a traveling salesman who frequented her restaurant are all suspects. Before Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond can solve the mystery, more will die. But even as he pursues a killer, he finds himself pursued by a secret admirer.

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Diamond Dates a Doozie...!!!

Pay attention to this one there's a lot going on with a lot of characters and twists and turns Galore. Another Stellar performance by Simon. Superintendent Diamond is in full-blown investigative power with characteristic force and Humanity. the ending is a bit of an eye roller however this series Never Lets You Down. 👍👍👍👍👍

Great Tale!

Lots of twists and turns plus a little romance. Great storyline. Kept me engaged throughout. Very good story!

Secret Hangman

All of it- although I guessed the hangman early on. Still a pretty good story though.

Mystery solved

Really enjoy listening to Simon read these stories! Thank you Peter Lovsey for your mystery books!

Really Excellent Wring & Narration

These are serial books. I found the first book and began listening by accident, having crossed up the name of one author with Peter Lovesy. I was hooked immediately. This first book was not the beginning of the series. Normally I would have gone to the beginning book. For some reason, maybe earlier books were not yet in recorded books. I listened to all from that point on though. I count get enough. I have loved the processes of the DIC Peter Lovesy's personal life especially but also the revealing of and developments among this co workers. There's humor, tension suspense and one feels annoyance, agonies, a full spectrum of emotions. There's a subtle poignancy in the writing by Peter Lovesey. There's a keen thoughtfulness to his writing, that manages to reveal detail in a sort of concise and natural way, without slowing the action. The procedural and relational features of the investigative, and policing seems very credible and well researched, truly and insiders view.

I'm certain that it is this amazing and deft writing as well as the crime and suspense that hooks the reader into wanting more and dreading reaching the end of the series...like you know that you'll miss Peter Dismond and his team, your people and team! Withdrawal

Oh and can't forget the superb Narrative performance of , Simon Prebble in this book and most others.

Plot contrived, Performance top notch

The Secret Hangman is the first Peter Diamond book that has struck me as overblown. While I loved as always the scenic elements of life in Bath, the mystery just didn't come together. Diamond's personal plight seemed almost operatically fraught toward the end - it stretched my ability to suspend disbelief. Diamond sounded and acted like a 1930's movie cop in one chapter. This book is NOT my favorite in the series (which I love BTW.) Best part: Simon Prebble's great performance.

Engaging and unusual plot

Well written and captivating. A mystery that ultimately is not brilliantly resolved but well worth the read.

Excellent read!

Simon Prebble is a masterful reader. The plot is an usual type of murder mystery and also brings into focus Diamond’s humanity.

Lovesey has created a Gem of a series

Peter Diamond is one of my favorite characters in detective novels. I love his honesty, depth, wit and grit. Simon Prebble brings him to life with a stellar performance. I’m loving every book in this series!

Masterful

I love the Peter Diamond who-done-its! Diamond is gruff and loveably human. The crimes don’t focus on grisly descriptions of the heinous nature of them. They focus on the hard detective work it takes to unravel them and find the perpetrator at the center.
I’ve listened to 13 of the novels so far. The reader Simon Prebble IS Peter Diamond.
The reader Michael Healy’s narration is choppy, he reads too fast in most places, and you can’t tell which character is speaking because he forgets to change voices.
I’m saving the books he narrates for last and may ultimately decide to read them myself.