Soho Crime's weekend newsletter shared the sad news that yet another great crime writer has died - this time the English writer Peter Lovesey
Their tribute does it best: https://mailchi.mp/sohopress/remembering-peter-lovesey
But the line:
In addition to the scope of his unparalleled crime fiction career, Peter Lovesey will be remembered by his many grieving friends as the paragon of decency, compassion, loyalty, self-discipline, and pride in good work—in short, a human example of what it means to live a good life.
Time to get The False Inspector Dew out of the read stacks for a reread and quiet think.
The False Inspector Dew
The year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to his wife’s murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious wifekiller Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, a murder occurs aboard ship and the captain invites “Inspector Dew” to investigate.
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