The False Inspector Dew by Peter Lovesey (1982)

The False Inspector Dew
by Peter Lovesey
Publisher:  Pantheon Books
Copyright:  1982
Book Club Edition

Peter Lovesey is well known for creating Sergeant Cribb, the Victorian detective featured in a highly praised series of novels that became a popular TV series.  With The False Inspector Dew, Lovesey moves forward to the twenties and captures the excitement of the era, its recklessness and fun, as well as the perils aboard the stately ocean liner Mauretania.

There is only one foreseeable outcome to Alma Webster's passionate love for her dentist:  the murder of his wife.  The case of notorious real-life murder Dr. Crippen provides the inspiration for their plan, except that they avoid the mistakes that led to Crippen's arrest.  As they cruise to America on the Mauretania in 1921, dentist Walter Baranov takes on the name of Dew, the detective who arrested Crippen.  And, in a disquieting twist, he is invited by the captain to investigate the murder on board.

In the dual role of murderer and sleuth, Baranov, the false Inspector Dew, develops into the most original of all Peter Lovesey's creations.  Brilliant dentist, diffident lover, unconvincing murderer, incompetent detective, he brings a satisfying logic to a very ingenious plot.

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