"Wobble to Death", published in , 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 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/5(). Wobble To Death. A Sergeant Cribb mystery. Winner of the Macmillan/Panther First Crime Novel Prize, Listed in the Hatchards Top Crime Novels. Listed in the Mystery Writers of America Top Mystery Novels. Drawing on my interest in the history of athletics, I set this first novel in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in , where a bizarre six-day endurance race takes place. Fifty years ago, Wobble to Death launched the writing career of one of the world’s greatest crime fiction writers. Since its initial publication, Peter Lovesey has written forty novels and six short story collections, and has become one of three living writers to receive both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement.
Buy Wobble to Death: The First Sergeant Cribb Mystery by Lovesey, Peter (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: Wobble to Death was Peter Lovesey's first mystery, originally published in , and introduced Sergeant Cribb. Set in the Victorian London, it was the first of eight mysteries featuring the sergeant that involved sports-related deaths. Soho Press is reissuing (at least) the first two as trade paperbacks. Read an excerpt of Peter Lovesey's first novel, Wobble to Death, in honor of the 50th anniversary of its publishing. The first installment of the Sergeant Cribb Investigations, follows Cribb as he enters a mile speed walking race, the "wobble" to investigate the death of the favored contestant.
"Wobble to Death", published in , 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 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. Peter Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known s. Crowds have gathered at Islington's chilly Agricultural Hall to place their bets on who will become the next world champion in a six-day, mile speedwalking race, the "wobble." When one of the highly favored contenders dies under suspicious circumstances, Sergeant Cribb also has a race on his hands--to pursue a ruthless.
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