The eighth book in the Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey

London, 1888. Though Miriam Cromer has confessed to the murder of her husband's assistant, she is still confident of her acquittal. However, the jury sentence her to hang.

Miriam then says her husband was the killer, but he has an alibi. Can Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray discover what really happened at Park Lodge on that fateful day in March before it's too late?

Waxwork Reviews

Waxwork is quite the best novel of detection I have read for a long time - Ruth Rendell

Lovesey's backtwist plotting is pure Christie, but the style, the detail and the deadpan horror are all his own - and absolutely marvellous - Kirkus Reviews

As good a crime entertainment as you could wish for - HRF Keating, The Times

Marvellously authentic - Washington Post

About Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey was born in Middlesex and studied at Hampton Grammar School and Reading University, where he met his wife Jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, Wobble to Death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world.

He was Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.

Additional information

Sku

GOR011566236

ISBN 13

9780751581232

ISBN 10

0751581232

Title

Waxwork: The Eighth Sergeant Cribb Mystery by Peter Lovesey

Author

Peter Lovesey

Series

Sergeant Cribb

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Little, Brown Book Group

Year published

2020-12-10

Number of pages

224

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

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Note

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