The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

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| series = Sergeant Cribb

| genre = Detective

| publisher =Macmillan

| release_date = 1971

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| preceded_by = Wobble to Death

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The Detective Wore Silk Drawers is a 1971 historical detective novel by the British author Peter Lovesey. It was the second entry a series of eight novels featuring the Victorian era policeman Sergeant Daniel Cribb, a member of the Metropolitan Police.Reilly p.965 It is set against the backdrop of nineteenth century bare-knuckle boxing.Murphy p.305 Browne & Kreiser p.284 Priestman p.177 In 1980 it was adapted into an episode of the same title for the ITV series Cribb.

References

Browne, Ray B. & Kreiser, Lawrence A. The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction, Volume 1. Popular Press, 2000.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopaedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
Priestman, Martin. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.