Waxwork
The Eighth Sergeant Cribb Mystery
$22.78
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2021
Summary
The eighth book in the Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey
London, 1888. Though Miriam Cromer has confessed to the murder of her husband’s assistant, she is still confident of her acquittal. However, the jury sentence her to hang.
Miriam then says her husband was the killer, but he has an alibi. Can Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray discover what really happened at Park Lodge on that fateful day in March before it’s too late?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751581232 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751581232 |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Sergeant Cribb |
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Critics Review
Waxwork is quite the best novel of detection I have read for a long time - Ruth Rendell
Lovesey’s backtwist plotting is pure Christie, but the style, the detail and the deadpan horror are all his own - and absolutely marvellous - Kirkus ReviewsAs good a crime entertainment as you could wish for - HRF Keating, The TimesMarvellously authentic - Washington PostAbout The Author
Peter Lovesey
Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.
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