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Wobble to Death
Peter Lovesey
Works of: Fiction
Wobble to Death won the Panther/Macmillan £1000 first crime novel contest in 1970 and has remained in print for over fifty years. Golden anniversary editions were published in Britain and America in 2020. Set mainly in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, the plot features an extraordinary form of endurance sport, a ‘go-as-you-please’ contest lasting six days and attracting a broad social spectrum of competitors. When sudden death occurs, Scotland Yard send Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray to investigate.
Other Awards
Panther/Macmillan First Crime Novel Competition winner
Sub-genres
Other books by Peter Lovesey


The Secret of Spandau

Murder on the Short List

The Sedgemoor Strangler & Other Stories of Crime

Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose

The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown & Other Stories

Butchers & Other Stories of Crime

Keystone

Bertie and the Crime of Passion

Bertie and the Seven Bodies

Bertie and the Tinman

Dead Gorgeous

Rough Cider

Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories

The Reaper

The False Inspector Dew

The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

Swing, Swing Together

Abracadaver

A Case of Spirits

Invitation to a Dynamite Party

Mad Hatter’s Holiday

The Headhunters

Waxwork

Diamond Solitaire

The Last Detective

The Circle

Upon a Dark Night

Bloodhounds

The Summons

The House Sitter

Diamond Dust

The Vault

Stagestruck

Skeleton Hill

The Secret Hangman

The Stone Wife

The Tooth Tattoo

Cop to Corpse

Beau Death

Down Among the Dead Men

Another One Goes Tonight

Diamond and the Eye

The Finisher

Killing with Confetti

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