The false Inspector Dew, by Peter Lovesey
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The false Inspector Dew, by Peter Lovesey
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The false Inspector Dew
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by Peter Lovesey
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In the 1920s, the dentist Walter Baranov and his lover murder his wife and flee on the luxury liner Mauretania, but when a murder occurs on board the ship, Baranor's alias of Scotland Yard Inspector Dew makes him the logical investigator of the crimeThe year is 1921. A passionate affair between a romantic woman and her dentist 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 Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, when a murder occurs aboard ship the captain invites "Inspector Dew" to investigate. This may be Lovesey's most ingeniously plotted mystery for which he was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger
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