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Author: Lovesey, Peter
Series title:A Sergeant Cribb Investigation Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56947-646-8
Publication Date:Jun 2010
Publisher:Soho Press, Incorporated
Imprint:Soho Crime
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.95
Book Description:

"At once charming, chilling and convincing as if it had unfolded in the Police Intelligence column of April, 1888." --TIME London, 1888. Though the beautiful Miriam Cromer has confessed to the murder of her husband's assistant, she is still confident of her acquittal. But then she is sentenced to hang. She blames her husband, but he has an alibi. Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray must discover what really happened at Park Lodge on 12th March, 1888,...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.99 x 7.48 x 0.63 Inches
Book Weight:0.588 Pounds
Author Biography
Lovesey, Peter (Author)
Peter Lovesey was born in Whitton, Middlesex in 1936. He was a teacher before becoming a full-time writer.

Lovesey's first mystery novel was Wobble to Death which introduced Victorian detective Sergeant Cribb. He later introduced Peter Diamond and Bertie in his novels to follow. He also writes under the pseudonym Peter Lear. His works have been translated into 22 languages and several of them were adapted for television and film.

Lovesey's works have earned him numerous awards. He is a three time winner of the CWA Silver Dagger. He also won the CWA Gold Dagger in 1982 and the 2000 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award in recognition of his career in mystery writing. He is the recipient of the Anthony Award, McAvity Award, Ellery Queen Readers' Award and the Mystery Writers of America Golden Mysteries Short Story Prize. Internationally, he has won the Grand Prix de littérature Policiére and the Prix du Roman d'Adventures.

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