barbara fister reviewed The Finisher by Peter Lovesey
Review of 'The Finisher' on 'LibraryThing'
Really enjoyed this Peter Diamond mystery which (as usual) puts the Bath setting to good use. A woman, who accidentally breaks an ugly Toby jug donated to her by a colleague for a charity fundraiser, feels so guilty when she finds out it was actually valuable she begins training for a marathon. On a run one evening she rescues a wealthy Russian woman and they become unlikely friends. Meanwhile, two undocumented immigrants escape from the traffickers who keep them barely fed while working off their "debt" (that will never be repaid) and try to evade the dreaded "Finisher" who will kill them if they're caught. And Diamond spots an excon who's running in the marathon bothering a woman who disappears before the race is over. All the threads are gathered up without ever breaking stride. So satisfying to read a really good mystery once in a while! Soho is simultaneously …
Really enjoyed this Peter Diamond mystery which (as usual) puts the Bath setting to good use. A woman, who accidentally breaks an ugly Toby jug donated to her by a colleague for a charity fundraiser, feels so guilty when she finds out it was actually valuable she begins training for a marathon. On a run one evening she rescues a wealthy Russian woman and they become unlikely friends. Meanwhile, two undocumented immigrants escape from the traffickers who keep them barely fed while working off their "debt" (that will never be repaid) and try to evade the dreaded "Finisher" who will kill them if they're caught. And Diamond spots an excon who's running in the marathon bothering a woman who disappears before the race is over. All the threads are gathered up without ever breaking stride. So satisfying to read a really good mystery once in a while! Soho is simultaneously re-releasing his first mystery, WOBBLE TO DEATH (which happens also to involve running) originally published fifty years ago.