Peter Lovesey obituary

Crime writer known for his ‘history-mystery’ series about the Victorian detective Sergeant CribbDuring a literary career spanning more than half a century, the crime writer Peter Lovesey, who has died aged 88, was often described as “prolific”. Although this was true, in his case the term never became a euphemism for “formulaic” or “predictable”. Lovesey possessed the gift of entertaining readers while setting a diverse range of stories at differen