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      Waxwork

      by Peter Lovesey
      Published
      Jan 1978
      Main Genre
      Historical Mystery Hist. Mystery
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      239
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      A Sergeant Cribb Mystery Book 8

      About This Book

      "At once charming, chilling and convincing as if it had unfolded in the Police Intelligence column of April, 1888." —TIME

      London, 1888. Though the beautiful Miriam Cromer has confessed to the murder of her husband's assistant, she is still confident of her acquittal. But then she is sentenced to hang. She blames her husband, but he has an alibi. Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray must discover what really happened at Park Lodge on 12th March, 1888, and quickly.

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      Book 8
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      Historical Mystery

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      Mar 1980 Penguin ISBN13 9780140048872 ISBN10 0140048871
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      Jun 2010 Soho Constable ISBN13 9781569476468 ISBN10 1569476462
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      Dec 2020 Little, Brown (UK) ISBN13 9780751581232 ISBN10 0751581232
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      First Edition Apr 1978 Random House ISBN13 9780394500669 ISBN10 0394500660
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      Jan 1978 G. K. Hall ISBN13 9780816166510 ISBN10 081616651X
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      Jun 2010 Soho Press ISBN13 9781569479056 ISBN10 1569479054
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      Jun 1994 Soundings Audio Books ISBN13 9781854969002 ISBN10 1854969005
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