Invitation to a Dynamite Party
The Fifth Sergeant Cribb Mystery
$16.36
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2021
Summary
The year is 1884. London is being terrorised by a series of bomb blasts - even within Great Scotland Yard! Reluctantly, Sergeant Cribb attends a course in the science of infernal machines in a bid to gain expert knowledge of explosives and beat the criminals at their own game.
With Constable Thackeray the prime suspect, Cribb feels bound for professional and personal reasons to track down the truth at any cost. And very soon he is abducted at gunpoint by an Irish-American hammer-throw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751581119 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751581119 |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Sergeant Cribb |
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Sinister fun in splendidly atmospheric setting - Sunday Telegraph
A really entertaining extravaganza - HRF Keating, The TimesAt once fresh, very funny and cleverly plotted. Please sir, I want some more! - San Francisco Examiner ChronicleThe period detail is admirable: the narrative both witty and swift - Edmund Crispin, Sunday TimesLovesey has a special flair for re-creating Victorian England with to-the-manner-born wit. I love Lovesey - Saturday ReviewTense and dramatic. The best book I have read for a long time - Birmingham Evening MailAbout 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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