num_pages: 256
description: The 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 nvestigate. This may be Lovesey's most ingeniously plotted mystery for which he was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger.
language: English
title: The False Inspector Dew
titlecomplete: The False Inspector Dew
characters: Lydia the murder victim, Inspector Dew (False) a/k/a Walter the dentist
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Literature, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 1394
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: CWA Gold Dagger, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The CWA Dagger of Daggers
publisher: Random House UK