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The false inspector dew was the winner of the 1982 cwa gold dagger it is 1921, and alma webster, a reader of romances, is passionately in love with her dentist, walter baranov. Review the false inspector dew 1982 is a standalone historical mystery by peter lovesey, known as well for his historical mystery series starring sergeant cribb and bertie the prince of wales, a modern series with peter diamond, several other standalones, and short stories. His bestknown series characters are sergeant cribb, a victorianera police detective based in london, and peter diamond, a modernday police detective in bath. The headhunters offers proof once again that nobody can write the modern traditional detective novel as perfectly as lovesey. And, indeed, its probably my favorite of lovesey s books so far.
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