Wobble to Death
The First Sergeant Cribb Mystery
$25.10
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 May 2018
Summary
The first book in the Sergeant Cribb series, from Peter Lovesey.
In Victorian London, race-walking, or ‘wobbles’, are all the rage. So on a Monday morning in November 1879 the crowds gather for Islington’s bizarre six-day endurance walking race.
By Tuesday, one of the contestants is dead. Tetanus from a blister is assumed, but then there is a second death, and this time it’s definitely murder. A bemused Sergeant Cribb from Scotland Yard is called in, along wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751572520 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751572527 |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Sergeant Cribb |
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‘Here are true Victorians, not pious frauds of legend. A first-rate story of sustained thrill’ - John Dickson Carr
‘First prize-winner, and a worthy one … excellently done’ - Edmund Crispin‘Brilliantly evocative … It is long since I came across so original a setting’ - Spectator‘Don’t miss this. It will be on all the best lists’ - Los Angeles TimesAbout 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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