Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Victorian England. A man is poisoned. Miriam Cromer confesses to the crime and is condemned to hang, but she remains astoundingly and inexplicably calm during sentencing and in her cell. A few days before her scheduled execution, a photograph
is sent to the Home Office that throws doubt on her guilt. Detective Sargeant Cribb is charged with investigating the evidence in the photograph. Expertly leading the reader and Sargeant Cribb up one garden path and down another, Peter Lovesey in Waxwork finally ties up the loose ends in a neat and clever package in the final pages. An excellent detective novel that will appeal to everyone." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)