From the back cover: Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: 'not some lad out of police school with a degree in computer studies' but a genuine gumshoe, given to doorstopping and deduction. So when the naked body of a woman is found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath with no one willing to identify her, no marks and no murder weapon, his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit. Struggling with a jigsaw of truant choirboys, teddy bears, a black Mercedes and Jane Austen memorabilia, Diamond persists even when 'the men in white costs' decide they have enough evidence to make a conviction. It's just as well: for despite disastrous personal consequences, and by following the real clues hidden amongst Bath's historic buildings and intertwined with its literary past, the last detective exposes the uncomfortable truth...

Not sure what to think about this book. I did like the style and how it was written. And the bits about Jane Austen, of course! But I'm not sure if there was that much detective work going on, except towards the end.

This book is on its way to the next reader. Happy reading!

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As my TBR pile is massive it may take me a while to get to this.

Got to it at last!
I really enjoyed this, you could tell that this was written in the early 90's but it kept me hooked from the start. I enjoyed visiting Bath again and am looking forward to getting my hands on the next book in the series.