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  • Annette
  • Bradenton, FL, United States
  • 06-07-16

If you love Inspector Gamache

then you'll adore Chief Inspector Diamond. Peter Lovesey has
a wonderfully developed cast of characters whom are both as witty and quirky as any of the characters of the Three Pines series. His stories are engaging with great dialogue and engrossing mysteries that are, of course, solved by the great Chief Inspector himself...most of the time. As with the Three Pines series, when the book is over there is a sense of saying goodbye to all of your friends.

Simon Prebble is brilliant in all his narrations of this series and his performance even reminds me of the late Ralph Cosham.

It isn't very fair to Peter Lovesey or Simon Prebble that I have compared their professional creativity to other people. Their art stands on its own. Had I read Lovesey before I read Penny, then, assuredly, the comparison would be the other way around. Both series are charming, well-written, with fabulous character development and outstanding narration.








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