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Peter Lovesey
British writer
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dead
- born
- 1936
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 88
- known for
- novelist, short story writer, crime fiction writer
1936 β 2025

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who peter lovesey is
Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. He was also one of the world's leading track and field statisticians.
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