Peter Lovesey

 

Crime fiction. The Sergeant Cribb series is set in Victorian times. Wobble to Death I must have got from the library. His first book about race walking and very interesting. Peter Diamond series is modern. I mentioned The Tooth Tattoo and the Beethoven string quartet connection in a previous post here. Link to that below. I listened to those Beethoven pieces while reading the book and it was a very nice accompaniment. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lovesey

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/02/musical-interlude-beethoven-string.html

https://www.crimefest.com/100-best-crime-novels-of-the-20th-century/an-interview-with-peter-lovesey/

http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2014/09/loveseys-long-run-for-renown.html

Musical Interlude: Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

 

From Peter Lovesey's book The Tooth Tattoo. Murder in a string quartet. 

https://robertarood.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/on-the-subject-of-the-string-quartet-a-stellar-performance-by-peter-lovesey/

“Beethoven, wasn’t it?” Diamond ventured.
Anthony was supposed to get the idea that Diamond was a fellow lover of music. He didn’t show a glimmer of appreciation.
“I couldn’t place the piece,” Diamond added, which was true. He was about as capable of placing a piece of Beethoven as he was of riding a Derby winner. “Do you mind telling me what it was?”
Opus 59, Number 3,” Anthony said.
“Silly me. I’m a duffer with numbers.”
“In C major.”
“C major.” Diamond raised his thumb as if all had been made clear. “Any particular part?”
“The fugue.”
“And to me it sounded just as a fugue should.”
“It was too fast.”
“A shade quick, I’ll give you.”

https://ums.org/2016/05/17/beethoven-string-quartets-and-contemporary-musicians-how-do-they-combine/