On Lansdown Hill near Bath, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a headless skeleton, and soon after one of them goes missing and is found murdered. The hill becomes the setting for one of the most puzzling cases Peter Diamond has investigated.
Praise
Praise
Praise for Skeleton Hill
"Nobody can write the modern traditional detective novel as perfectly as Lovesey." —The Denver Post
"A special treat." —The New York Times Book Review
Praise for The Peter Diamond series
“I’m jealous of everyone discovering Lovesey and Diamond for the first time—you have a wonderful backlist to catch up on. Me, all I can do is wait for the next book.” —Sara Peretsky
"These erudite and wondrously witty books are unlike any police procedural you've ever read." —The New York Times Book Review
“Thickly textured, amusing, unpredictably mixing puzzle and procedural.... One of the best.” —Los Angeles Times
“Witty…. A perfectly realized murder mystery.” —Wall Street Journal
“Extremely stylish, lighter than air ... utterly surprising.” —Newsweek
“Lovesey’s books are so beautifully constructed and cleanly written that they could be used as textbooks in a crime writing course.” —Chicago Tribune