Invitation to a Dynamite Party

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Penguin, 1976 - Fiction - 174 pages
1884 London is being terrorized by bomb blasts! With Constable Thackeray the prime suspect, Sergeant Cribb feels bound to track him down at any cost.

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Invitation to a Dynamite Party
Peter Lovesey
No preview available - 2003
Invitation to a Dynamite Party: The Fifth Sergeant Cribb Mystery
Peter Lovesey
No preview available - 2020
Invitation to a Dynamite Party: The Fifth Sergeant Cribb Mystery
Peter Lovesey
No preview available - 2013

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About the author (1976)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleInvitation to a Dynamite Party
A Sergeant Cribb adventure
Penguin crime fiction
AuthorPeter Lovesey
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin, 1976
ISBN0140040293, 9780140040296
Length174 pages
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