- Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: Random House UK; New edition edition (Oct 27 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0099790807
- ISBN-13: 978-0099790808
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,867,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Sgt Cribb mystery. In the freezing Agricultural Hall, London, in November 1879, crowds gather to bet on a marathon walking race, in which the competitors walk around the Hall for six days. Conditions are barbaric and rivalries even worse, and soon Cribb is investigating a ruthless murder.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very unusual venue for a murder, Jan 24 2002
By Paul Sayles - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Wobble to Death (Hardcover)
Lovesey puts Cribb and Thackery on the trail of a killer at a long distance walk race. An unusual setting for a murder but then passion and greed aren't very selective emotions. I read this book years ago and just read it again. It is just as good now as it was 15 years ago. Lovesey's attention to detail is excellent - you are fed a lot of information to put the setting into context and you don't even know that you are getting a social history lesson. The charecters are well defined and believeable, from the organizer of the race down to the competitor who fades quickly from the race. There are lots of suspects and lots of motives and how Cribb and Thackery sort them out is great to read. One gets a tremendously amusing picture of Thackery conducting an interview on the run, as it were, with the competitors in his wool suit, bowler hat and regulation boots - and him not an athletic person. Cribb continues as the brains of the team and his determination is prevented from being an obsession, in the readers view, by the unintentional humor he injects, usually at Thackery's expense. Even though at times Thackery gets exasperated with his boss, there is a respect and willingness to serve that keeps the team together.
This is a fine Victorian mystery novel that is a great read from start to finish. I highly recommend it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rightfully Considered a Top Historical Mystery Novel, Dec 17 2001
By Ibochild - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Wobble to Death (Hardcover)
When I first heard of this novel, the premise didn't sound particularly appealing. What's interesting about a bunch of guys participating in a week-long walking contest or "wobble"? However, after reading about the book in the Crown Crime Companion: The Top 100 Mysteries of All Time, I decided to read the book anyway. I'm glad I did. Peter Lovesey's novel is very engrossing and effectively captures the period. Fans of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series, should really like this one.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Ride for Most of the Way, Dec 1 2008
By eltex - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Wobble To Death: An Inspector Cribb Investigation. (Paperback)
The setting is interesting (a six-day walk-and-run marathon contest in mid-Victorian London), as are the characters. The writing is full of period color, too. And if those were the only factors, I'd rate this book five stars. But in "Wobble to Death," as in another Sergeant Cribb mystery, "The Detective Wore Silk Drawers," the solution to the crime is almost a throwaway, hastily given and not altogether convincing. It is as though an editor told the writer that he had already written 200 pages and that the book had to end in five more, regardless. The finales of both "Wobble" and "Silk Drawers" were so disappointing that they soured the enjoyment that had carried me through both books. That's a shame, because otherwise they are quite entertaining.
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