On the Edge - Hardcover

Peter Lovesey

3.6

213 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786259728 ISBN 13: 9780786259724

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2004

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Peacetime is a disappointment to Rose and Antonia, who enjoyed excitement and independence as WAAF plotters on an RAF base. But what are plotters for, if not to plot? Antonia's ruthless scheme would give them both what they want. If Rosie doesn't lose her nerve, they could get away with murder.

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About the Author:

Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, as well as many US honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.

Review:

Praise for On the Edge

“[A] vivid postwar environment that confers plausibility, ingenious plot twists that heighten the suspense and two stunning character studies that confound our facile presumptions about women who kill.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“Lovesey is one of the very best of the current generation of crime writers and he controls his plot like clockwork—everything timed to precision so that the final uncertainty is resolved just as the bell tolls.”
—London Evening Standard

“Brilliant is the only word for veteran Peter Lovesey’s latest venture into the macabre . . . A whip-crack pace, gasps all the way, and yet another winner for Lovesey.”
—Scotland on Sunday

“Never has Lovesey’s wizardry been so effective as in this tale of the duped and the duper . . . The story dodges from one unguessable outcome to the next.”
—Publishers Weekly

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 Paretsky

"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.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Extremely stylish, lighter than air . . . Utterly surprising.”
—Newsweek

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