Abracadaver

Name: Abracadaver
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Lovesey
ISBN: 9781705011485

Author: Peter Lovesey

Series: Sergeant Cribb Investigation #3

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/09/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, International Crime & Mystery, Traditional British, Crime

Synopsis

"Fine picture of period vice, good mystery plotting, and fun." —San Francisco Chronicle

A sadistic practical joker is haunting the popular music halls of London, interfering with the actors and interrupting their acts by orchestrating humiliating disasters that take place in view of the audience. A trapeze artist misses her timing when the trapeze ropes are shortened. A comedian who invites the audience to sing along with him finds the words of his song "shamefully" altered. Mustard has been applied to a sword swallower's blade. A singer's costume has been rigged. The girl in a magician's box is trapped. Then the mischief escalates to murder. Or was murder intended all along? That indomitable detective team, Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray of Scotland Yard, must track down the elusive criminal.

About Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey is the author of the Peter Diamond mysteries, the Sergeant Cribb mysteries, and the Bertie, Prince of Wales novels. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger, Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the Anthony, and the Ellery Queen Readers' Award, and is Grand Master of the Swedish Academy of Detection. He has been a full-time author since 1975, and was formerly in higher education. Peter currently lives in Chichester, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

This is the 3rd in this historical fiction mystery series that I have read, and they have left me underwhelmed. Sgt Cribb and Constable Thackery investigate a series of accidents in music halls around town. They seek to not only find the perpetrator(s) but if the accidents are connected in some way......more

Goodreads review by Puzzle

I wanted to like it more than I did, but it takes an age to get going and the remainder isn't that interesting. There are better books in this series. Full review at classicmystery.wordpress.com......more

Goodreads review by Marfita

At first I felt the same as Thackeray: Where's the body? I do remember reading this yonks ago, probably during my first incarnation as library worker in the 70s. Why is Sgt. Cribb investigating music hall mishaps? As usual, when reading in this series, you get the impression you're learning a lot ab......more

Goodreads review by Larissa

I have really enjoyed the two previous Lovesey books that I've read—one from the Peter Diamond series (From Cop to Corpse) and one historical title (The False Inspector Dew)—and given that this book has arguably the best title ev-er, I was really looking forward to this book. But having read 3/4 of......more