Mad Hatter’s Holiday: The Fourth Sergeant Cribb Mystery by Peter Lovesey

Mad Hatter’s Holiday: The
Fourth Sergeant Cribb Mystery by Peter Lovesey
The beloved Sergeant Cribb series by Peter Lovesey

It’s 1882 and Albert Moscrop, who is spending his holiday in Brighton
observing human nature through a telescope, gradually moves into the circle
of the Prothero family, who he has been fascinated by – especially the
beautiful Zena Prothero, whose husband appears to take her for granted.

But through this connection, he becomes involved in a sensational murder.
All of Brighton is horrified by the gruesome crime, and the local police seek
the help of Scotland Yard’s Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray, who soon
find themselves challenged by the strangest case of their careers, one as
mystifying as it is macabre.