Getting the sack when he fails to see the mysterious Japanese child who hides out at a department store, former CID man Peter Diamond hopes to restore his reputation by identifying the child, a task that leads to much bigger concerns. Reprint.
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Fired from the police for insubordination, Peter Diamond is reduced to working as a security guard at Harrods. There he finds a tiny Japanese girl after the store closes. He must identify her in order to save her life.
Peter Lovesey, author of five previous Peter Diamond mysteries, has been awarded the British Crime Writers Association Gold, Silver, and Diamond Daggers, as well as many U.S. honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.
Peter Lovesey began his writing career with the Cribb and Thackeray series of Victorian mysteries. These were followed with such novels as THE FALSE INSPECTOR DEW (winner of the Gold Dagger) and ROUGH CIDER. As well as an acclaimed novelist he is a highly successful short story writer.
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