num_pages: 391
description: The corpse of a beautiful woman, clad in only a bathing suit, is found strangled to death on a popular Sussex beach. When she is finally identified, it turns out she was a top profiler for the National Crime Faculty, who was working on the case of a serial killer. And though she was a Bath resident, the authorities don't want Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond to investigate the murder. How strange. What could they be trying to hide?
language: English
title: The House Sitter
titlecomplete: The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8; Inspector Henrietta Mallin .5)
characters: Peter Diamond, Inspector Henrietta Mallin
genres: Mystery, Fiction, International, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Police, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1685
series: Inspector Henrietta Mallin, Peter Diamond
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel
publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks