Swing Swing Together: A Novel of Suspense - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0396073271 ISBN 13: 9780396073277

Publisher: Dodd, Mead

Synopsis

One of the late-Victorian murder mysteries investigated by Sgt Cribb. In a case which links Jerome K.Jerome with Jack the Ripper, Harriet Shaw takes a midnight dip in the Thames, near Henley, and witnesses a killing. She and Cribb follow a trail upriver to Oxford, where a second drowning occurs.

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Review:

*Winner of the Grand Prix de LittErature PoliciEre*

Praise for "Swing, Swing Together"
*Winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere*
Thames-side summer scenes plus real who-and-why puzzle add up to period piece of engaging charm.
"The Sunday Telegraph"
A relaxed and easy-going book, complete with traditional mystery traditionally solved. Enlivening the proceedings is a pert and attractive young lady who knows exactly what she wants.
"The New York Times"
Lovely flavour of the time . . . Naked? Completely, darling. In the buff. It s awfully good fun. And so it all is.
"The Scotsman "
The most light-hearted, but by no means the least compelling, of Lovesey s books.
"The Times""

Praise for Swing, Swing Together
*Winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere*
"Thames-side summer scenes plus real who-and-why puzzle add up to period piece of engaging charm."
--The Sunday Telegraph
"A relaxed and easy-going book, complete with traditional mystery traditionally solved. Enlivening the proceedings is a pert and attractive young lady who knows exactly what she wants."
--The New York Times
"Lovely flavour of the time . . . 'Naked? Completely, darling. In the buff. It's awfully good fun.' And so it all is."
--The Scotsman
"The most light-hearted, but by no means the least compelling, of Lovesey's books."
--The Times

Praise for Swing, Swing Together

*Winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere*

"Thames-side summer scenes plus real who-and-why puzzle add up to period piece of engaging charm."
--The Sunday Telegraph

"A relaxed and easy-going book, complete with traditional mystery traditionally solved. Enlivening the proceedings is a pert and attractive young lady who knows exactly what she wants."
--The New York Times

"Lovely flavour of the time . . . 'Naked? Completely, darling. In the buff. It's awfully good fun.' And so it all is."
--The Scotsman

"The most light-hearted, but by no means the least compelling, of Lovesey's books."
--The Times

About the Author:

Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels. He has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers, the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, the Strand Magazine Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards, and many other honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dodd, Mead
• ISBN 10: 0396073271
• ISBN 13: 9780396073277
• Binding: Hardcover