Upon a Dark Night

Detective Peter Diamond Book 5

By: Peter Lovesey

Narrated by: Peter Wickham

A young woman emerges from a coma. Who is she, and why was she dumped unconscious in a hospital car park upon a dark night? She is unable to recall anything, even her name. Then Ada Shaftsbury, a boisterous shoplifter she meets in a homeless hostel, takes up her cause and names her Rose.

Peter Diamond is already investigating a suspicious death - a woman has plunged from the roof of Bath's Royal Crescent during a party, and none of the guests seem to know who she is. Badgered by Ada and galvanised by another gruesome death, Diamond takes on the case and is soon forced to admit that Rose is the key. But she has disappeared, and Diamond's own dark night is just beginning.

In a mystery of stunning complexity, Peter Lovesey amply demonstrates his gifts as the grand master of the contemporary whodunit.

©2014 Peter Lovesey (P)2016 Hachette Audio UK

Surprisingly boring

I found this book hard to get through and was severely tempted to abandon it several times but made myself get to the end. A good story would have me raring to see how the plot unfolds. This one did nothing for me.