| Wobble to Death | |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sergeant Cribb |
| Genre: | Detective |
| Release Date: | 1970 |
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| Followed By: | The Detective Wore Silk Drawers |
Wobble to Death is a 1970 historical detective novel by the British writer Peter Lovesey. It was the first of a series of eight novels featuring the Victorian era policeman Sergeant Daniel Cribb, a member of the Metropolitan Police.[1] It was published in Britain by Macmillan and in America by Dodd, Mead & Co..[2] it received positive reviews from critics.[3] The plot revolves around a walking marathon in 1879 in which several of the participants are murdered.[4]
In 1980 it was adapted as an episode in the first series of the ITV television show Cribb starring Alan Dobie and William Simons.