The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
The Second Sergeant Cribb Mystery
$23.31
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2018
Summary
The second book in the Sergeant Cribb series, from Peter Lovesey.
Reissue of Peter Lovesey’s first acclaimed book that started his career nearly 50 years ago.
Forbidden in Victorian England, the grim and violent world of bare-knuckle fighting has gone underground. So when a headless body is found floating in the Thames, his hands ‘pickled’ for fighting, Sergeant Cribb knows he is facing a challenge.
Desperate for information, they select the young constable Henry Jago …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751572599 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751572594 |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 198mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Sergeant Cribb |
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Critics Review
‘The Detective Wore Silk Drawers will establish the historical thriller as securely as Mrs Christie established her own particular brand of whodunit’ - Smith’s Trade News
‘A gorgeous piece of period reconstruction … worked into an exciting plot’ - Daily Telegraph‘A rich and unusual mystery, with suspense enough for the most confirmed addict’ - Los Angeles Times‘Once in a while a writer enters the scene with a new slant on crime and Peter Lovesey has concocted such a tale with assurance and skill’ - ScotsmanAbout 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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