THE LAST DETECTIVE Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective
- computers & spreadsheets & technology are not for him. So when the naked body of an unidentified woman is found in a lake near Bath his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit. While the men in white coats huddle in their laboratories Diamond is on the streets following the real clues hidden amongst Baths historic buildings & intertwined with its literary past & exposes a very uncomfortable truth.. .DIAMOND SOLITAIRE A Japanese child is found in Harrods where Diamond is working as a security guard. Her identity is a mystery but after a television appeal is broadcast she is kidnapped. By interpreting the pictorial clues the autistic child left behind Diamond tracks her to New York where a murder is discovered then to Tokyo where Japans most famous sumo wrestler helps bring the quest to a sensational climax.