Swing, Swing Together by Peter Lovesey - ISBN: 9780751581102
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Victorian rowing craze hides deadly secrets; Cribb investigates upstream.

Swing, Swing Together

The Seventh Sergeant Cribb Mystery

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    9 March 2021

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Summary

The seventh book in the Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey

London, 1889: After Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat became a Victorian bestseller, rowing on the Thames was the great craze of 1889. When an elementary school teacher in training takes a midnight swim in the Thames and witnesses a body being dumped, Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackerey are called to investigate.

The duo uncover strange parallels with the enormously popular Victoria…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751581102
ISBN-10:0751581100
Author:Peter Lovesey
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:9 March 2021
Weight:180g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 24mm
Series:Sergeant Cribb
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Critics Review

Thames-side summer scenes plus real who-and-why puzzle add up to period piece of engaging charm - Sunday Telegraph

The most light-hearted, but by no means the least compelling, of Lovesey’s books - Marcel Berlins, The Times

A relaxed and easy-going book, complete with traditional mystery traditionally solved - New York Times

About The Author

Peter Lovesey

Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.

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