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A mysterious murder on the eve of D-Day influences events forty years into the future
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Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world.
The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
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The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice.
Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
“An astonishing novel . . . Stunning artistry . . . Subtle magic.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Engrossing . . . Dickinson is one of the most versatile and inventive writers of mysteries.” —Los Angeles Times
“From the marvelous first chapter of Perfect Gallows . . . we know we are once again in the safe hands of a master.” —P. D. James
“Dickinson’s touch is so masterly here that he makes other fine domestic mysteries seem quite amateurish.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An adroit and suspenseful tale.” —The New York Times Book Review
“The whodunits of British novelist Peter Dickinson are exceptional.” —Newsweek
“Engrossing . . . Dickinson is one of the most versatile and inventive writers of mysteries.” —Los Angeles Times
“From the marvelous first chapter of Perfect Gallows . . . we know we are once again in the safe hands of a master.” —P. D. James
“Dickinson’s touch is so masterly here that he makes other fine domestic mysteries seem quite amateurish.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An adroit and suspenseful tale.” —The New York Times Book Review
“The whodunits of British novelist Peter Dickinson are exceptional.” —Newsweek
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- PublisherIntl Polygonics Ltd
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 1558820043
- ISBN 13 9781558820043
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- Number of pages234
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