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The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Sergeant Cribb Investigation (Related to this series)
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- David Thorpe
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 13 October 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Pugilism, a brutal form of bare-knuckle boxing, is forbidden by law in late Victorian England, but Sergeant Cribb discovers evidence that it continues in secret, finding a corpse whose hands were “pickled”
for fighting. He sends young constable Henry Jago to infiltrate the fighting ring, but Jago is endangered when more murders ensue.
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Details
- Author
- Peter Lovesey
- Narrator
- David Thorpe
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Release Date
- 13 October 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705011478
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
The second Sergeant Cribb Investigation set in the seedy underbelly of VVictorian London..Pugilism, a brutal form of bare-knuckle boxing, is forbidden by law in late Victorian England, but Sergeant Cribb discovers evidence that it continues in secret, finding a corpse whose hands were “pickled”for fighting. He sends young constable Henry Jago to infiltrate the fighting ring, but Jago is endangered when more murders ensue.
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