Waxwork
Peter Lovesey
ISBN: 9781569476468
Published: June, 2010
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The eighth Sergeant Cribb Investigation set in the seedy underbelly of Victorian London.
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 Thac...
The eighth Sergeant Cribb Investigation set in the seedy underbelly of Victorian London.
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, and quickly.
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“The late Victorian atmosphere and dialogue are beautifully and accurately rendered. The characters are done with a masterly hand. But perhaps the best thing about it is the way you feel all the time that this must be an account of a real-life crime, because nothing strikes a false note, nothing seems contrived.”
—Ruth Rendell
“Lively and well-plotted.”