
The False Inspector Dew
The year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to his wife's murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious wifekiller Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, a murder occurs aboard ship and the captain invites "Inspector Dew" to investigate.
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- ISBN-13
- 9781569478073
- Topics
Awards
Other awarded books from Peter Lovesey
- The Last Detective (1992)1 win · 8 score
- The Summons (2004)0 wins · 6 score
- Bloodhounds (2004)0 wins · 3 score
- Rough Cider (1986)0 wins · 3 score
- The House Sitter (2004)0 wins · 2 score
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