Abracadaver

Sergeant Cribb and ConstableThackeray prove themselves among Scotland Yard's finest as they pursue the trail of a mysterious and vicious criminal through the riotous music halls of nineteenth-century London. Performers have been falling victim to a series of bizarre and humiliating practical jokes perpetrated during performances. But no one is laughing the night a young woman is murdered during her disappearing act at the Paragon Music Hall. Cribb and Thackeray go undercover to investigate . . .Peter Lovesey is the author of 'Abracadaver' with ISBN 9780786228027 and ISBN 0786228024.