The House Sitter

Name: The House Sitter
Rating: 4.12 (2606 reviews)
Author: Peter Lovesey

Peter Diamond • Book 8

by Peter Lovesey

Narrated by Simon Prebble

4.12 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)

★ 4.09 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 4.59 Audible (546)

11h 18m Released 2016 Mystery

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Why Listen to This Audiobook?

A police procedural that makes its own investigators the ones being watched — and Simon Prebble makes every layer of suspicion feel earned.

Great if you want: procedural mysteries with institutional cover-up tension
Listening experience: steady, methodical pacing with a satisfying slow reveal
Narration: Prebble's measured, dry delivery suits Diamond's stubborn charm perfectly
Skip if: you're new to the series — context helps here

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About This Audiobook

A beautiful young woman found strangled on a Sussex beach is identified as a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty, and the circumstances of her murder are strange from the start. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is not supposed to be on this case, which raises the question of what the investigators blocking him are protecting. The House Sitter earned multiple awards for Peter Lovesey, and its plot is among the most carefully constructed in the series.

Simon Prebble's narration of Peter Diamond has become one of crime fiction audio's definitive character performances. His Diamond is gruff, perceptive, and frequently exasperating to everyone around him, and Prebble conveys all three qualities without smoothing the edges. The Bath setting, which Lovesey renders with architectural and social precision, acquires its proper character in Prebble's hands: a beautiful city full of people with things to hide.