The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (Sergeant Cribb #2)
Peter Lovesey, John Kennedy Melling
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
3.50
· 6 ratings · 225 pages · Published: 30 Nov 1970
The second Sergeant Cribb mystery is set in the world of Victorian bare-fisted pugilism—an illegal sport, but Cribb discovers evidence that it continues in secret, confirmed by a headless body in the Thames whose hands were “pickled” for fighting. A young constable called Henry Jago is chosen to infiltrate the gang and he has to submit to a rigorous programme of purging, pickling and training. Moreover, Cribb needs to intervene at the crucial time to prevent young Jago from being battered to death.
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The 'Sergeant Cribb' series
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