Mad Hatter's Holiday by Peter Lovesey - ISBN: 9780751581096
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Brighton holiday turns deadly, plunging Cribb into a mystifying murder.

Mad Hatter's Holiday

The Fourth Sergeant Cribb Mystery

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    30 March 2021

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Summary

The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey

It’s 1882 and Albert Moscrop, who is spending his holiday in Brighton observing human nature through a telescope, gradually moves into the circle of the Prothero family, who he has been fascinated by - especially the beautiful Zena Prothero, whose husband appears to take her for granted.

But through this connection, he becomes involved in a sensational murder. All of Brighton is horrified by the gruesome crime…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751581096
ISBN-10:0751581097
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 124mm x 18mm
Series:Sergeant Cribb
What They're Saying

Critics Review

His best yet - HRF Keating, the Times

A minor gem, catching to perfection the social atmospherics of Victorian Brighton and at the same time telling an ingenious story of murder and discovery - Publishers Weekly

The sleuthing is neat and satisfying: in the meantime, Victorian pleasures, permitted and illicit, are rendered up with gusto - Guardian

About 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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