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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?



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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

Waxwork The Eighth Sergeant Cribb Mystery

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 10/12/2020
    ISBN13: 9780751581232, 978-0751581232
    ISBN10: 0751581232
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    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?



    Trade Review
    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

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