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The Vault

Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation Series, Book 6

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The Vault

By: Peter Lovesey
Narrated by: Michael Healy
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A skeletal hand is unearthed in the vault under the Pump Room in Bath, England, near the site where Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Then a skull is excavated. The bones came from different corpses, and one is modern. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must solve a series of crimes including murder and forgery, requiring a knowledge of history, 19th-century art, literature...and human nature.

©1999 Peter Lovesey (P)2017 Tantor Crime Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Suspense British Detective

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"Everything the cerebral puzzle-addict craves, from tempting red herrings to literary arcana to deliciously plotted surprises." ( Kirkus)

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The reader was excellent and kept the story flowing at a good pace I will seek out another book by this author

Entertaining

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Another good Peter Diamond story! Can’t get enough of this series! On to the next one!

Love Peter Diamond!

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This is one of my favorites because of the way the story weaves from one find to another leading to a very unique ending. Much fun!

Hayrefd

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Totally fun. Smart, funny, clever. Love the characterization, decent plotting, worth the time (and I’m picky.)

Love this series

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90% of the book was interesting. However, the ending was wrapped up quickly and took away from the rest of the book. Unimpressed with Michael Healy,s reading - Peter Diamond voice poorly done. Would have preferred the narrator from the second book in the series.

Good until end

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Peter Lovesey is an excellent author, the Peter Diamond series is truly magnificent.
However I simply cannot persist with this particular audiobook, as the performance is not aligned with My Enjoyment Expectation.
Alas, Simon Prebble has “well and truly” set the standard, and I’m unwilling to compromise, even for Diamond.

It’s not you, it’s me.

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A great story made unbearable to listen to by lousy presenter. Sorry.
Remake the book with Prebble!

Presenter disapointing

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I’ve read all the Peter Diamond series and now I am trying the audio version. These books work equally well in either medium.

Another winner!

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Peter Diamond is grumpy and sometimes self serving. But he's clever and determined and I like him. I started reading these books many years ago and have revisited them in audio format.

You won't find non-stop action in these stories. You will fine intricate plots, and interesting, sometimes humorous, characters. I'd describe this series as a cozy police procedural - no graphic violence, no rough language, good stories, a bit a humor, and very entertaining.

Michael Healy's narration is excellent.

Grumpy Detective

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I like the flow of the story and the narrator does a great job. Very interesting and well thought out. The characters in the story are very interesting.

Good story

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