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Wobble to Death. Wobble to Death is a 1970 historical detective novel by the British writer Peter Lovesey. It was the first of a series of eight novels featuring the Victorian era policeman Sergeant Daniel Cribb, a member of the Metropolitan Police. [1] It was published in Britain by Macmillan and in America by Dodd, Mead & Co..
Someone is going to die. And Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray are going to have to figure out why."Wobble to Death", published in 1970, is the 1st of Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb mystery series, and his first published novel. . The writing style is intelligent and fun to read.
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1 de oct. de 2008 · The death of a contender, followed by a second murder, introduces Sergeant Cribb, who goes on to investigate sports-related deaths in a series of eight books. Peter Lovesey is the author of twenty-five highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold, Silver, and Diamond Dagger awards as well as many US honors.
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Kindle Edition. The first book in the Sergeant Cribb series, from Peter Lovesey. In Victorian London, race-walking, or 'wobbles', are all the rage. So on a Monday morning in November 1879 the crowds gather for Islington's bizarre six-day endurance walking race. By Tuesday, one of the contestants is dead.
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1 de ene. de 2018 · "Wobble to Death", published in 1970, is the 1st of Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb mystery series, and his first published novel. . The writing style is intelligent and fun to read. I just found out that there was a 1979 TV series based on the series, starring Alan Dobie as Cribb, but it looks like it will have to be reissued before I can watch it.
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Wobble To Death. A Sergeant Cribb mystery. Drawing on my interest in the history of athletics, I set this first novel in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in 1879, where a bizarre six-day endurance race takes place. “Wobbles” became popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1880s. A strange collection of so-called “proven pedestrians ...
