The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new mystery series title we recently received from the publisher.
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The Tick of Death by Peter Lovesey
A Sergeant Cribb Investigation
Soho Constable (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: September 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-596-6
About The Tick of Death (from the publisher): The year is 1884 and a series of bomb blasts has caused mayhem in London. The perpetrators are Irishmen seeking independence. One of the “infernal machines” has even bombed the CID office at Scotland Yard. Worse, Constable Thackeray is suspected of conspiring with the terrorists.
Reluctantly Sergeant Cribb attends a course in the science of bomb-making and infiltrates the Dynamite Party.
Originally published in the UK in 1974 as Invitation to a Dynamite Party.
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About Peter Lovesey: The author of 26 highly praised mystery novels who has been awarded the CWA Gold, Silver, and Diamond Daggers as well as many US honors, he lives in West Sussex, England. Visit his website at PeterLovesey.com.
Mysteries by Peter Lovesey reviewed by Mysterious Reviews: The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (2008), The Secret Hangman (2008), Wobble to Death (2008), Abracadaver (2009), and Mad Hatter's Holiday (2009).
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