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Wobble to Death

1970 novel

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..[2] it received positive reviews from critics.[3] The plot revolves around a walking marathon in 1879 in which several of the participants are murdered.[4]

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Adaptation

In 1980 it was adapted as an episode in the first series of the ITV television show Cribb starring Alan Dobie and William Simons.

References

  1. [1]
    Murphy p.305
  2. [2]
    Hubin p.255
  3. [3]
    Reilly p.966
  4. [4]
    Herbert p.XVII

Bibliography

  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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