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Synopsis
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 with Constable Thackeray, and they soon discover that something foul is at play.
Reissue of Peter Lovesey''s first acclaimed book that started his career nearly 50 years ago.
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About the Author
Peter Lovesey is the only living author in Britain to have received the two highest honours in crime writing - the Diamond Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He started with the Sergeant Cribb series set in Victorian London and later progressed to modern times with the award-winning Peter Diamond books set in Bath, his home for almost twenty years.
Now living in Shrewsbury with his wife Jax, whom he met at Reading University, he continues to reach and entertain new readers across the world.
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- PublisherSphere
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0751572527
- ISBN 13 9780751572520
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
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