<DIV><P>"Peter Lovesey loves strong women, cerebral killers and diabolical puzzles&mdash;the very ingredients that make <I>The House Sitter</I> one of the most cunning mysteries in his Inspector Diamond series."&mdash;Marilyn Stasio, <I>The New York Times Book Review</I></P><P>"True wit is the hallmark of the classic British mystery, and Peter Lovesey delivers it, and a lot more in <I>The House Sitter</I>. . . . A literate and delightful mystery."&mdash;<I>The Baltimore Sun</I></P><P>A woman is found strangled on a beach in Sussex. It takes police 12 days to discover she was a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty. Why was she killed? And why is the NCF thwarting Detective Peter Diamond&rsquo;s efforts to unmask her murderer?</P></DIV>