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The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

The Second Sergeant Cribb Mystery

The Detective Wore Silk Drawers( )
Author: Lovesey, Peter
Series title:Sergeant Cribb Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7515-7259-9
Publication Date:May 2018
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Imprint:Sphere
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.99
Book Description:

The second book in the Sergeant Cribb series, from Peter Lovesey. Reissue of Peter Lovesey's first acclaimed book that started his career nearly 50 years ago. Forbidden in Victorian England, the grim and violent world of bare-knuckle fighting has gone underground. So when a headless body is found floating in the Thames, his hands 'pickled' for fighting, Sergeant Cribb knows he is facing a challenge. Desperate for information, they...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.6 x 19.6 x 1.6 cm
Book Weight:0.17 Kilograms
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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