Wobble to Death

Name: Wobble to Death
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Lovesey
ISBN: 9781705011461

Author: Peter Lovesey

Series: Sergeant Cribb Investigation #1

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/13/2020

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

Synopsis

In 1879, race walking competitions, known as “wobbles,” were all the rage. 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.

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 DeAnna

A bunch of endurance walking fanatics in Victorian England have a muder on their hands...and six DAYS of walking left to complete. Short, sweet, and fun. Almost too many red herrings to be brilliant. But a great, quick, historically interesting, and light mystery read.......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin

A “wobble’, for the uninitiated, is a pedestrian contest wherein competitors walk or run for a set period of time, trying to complete as much distance as possible before time is called. It eventually transformed into the modern sport of speed walking. Just such a wobble is the setting for this whodu......more