num_pages: 157
description: Dark rituals, the smell of burning rubber, a bowl of human blood, a high-class call girl, a dead New Guinea tribal chief, a homosexual marriage - these are just a few of the unnerving ingredients in one of Detective Superintendent Jimmy Pibble's strangest and most frightening cases. Skillfully weaving through twists of plot and a maze of anthropological intrigue, Peter Dickinson leads you to a climax of stark terror.
language: English
title: The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest
titlecomplete: The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest
characters: Dr. Eve Ku, Paul Ku, Bob Caine, Leah Ku, Ned Rickard, Superintendent Graham, Rod Green, Robin Ku, Susan Caine, Constable Fernham, Detective Superintendent Jimmy Pibble, Sergeant Mike Crewe, Nancy Hermitage, Mrs. Pibble, Mr. Evans-Evans, Billy Youbegood, Superintendent Sandy Graham, Reverend Dr. John Mackenzie, Sergeant Pauncefort, Sergeant Burnaby, Jack Tinker, Aaron Ku
genres: Crime, Detective, Thriller, Fiction, British Literature, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 271
places: England
series: Jimmy Pibble
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Penguin Books