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4.0 out of 5 stars
Hero's aren't always lions, but you are what you eat-4.5 stars,
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This review is from: Pride of Heroes (Black Dagger Crime) (Hardcover)
This short mystery was Dickinson's 2nd award-winning book. His 1st crime novel, Skin Deep or The Glass-sided Ant's Nest, also won a Gold Dagger from the Crime Writer's Assn. (CWA). This book was also published as "The Old English Peep Show." Dickinson writes children's books as well as mysteries (about 50-50). This one is only 156 pages long--I read it in one day. It's a fast read too. His prose isn't as flowing as, for example, Andrew Taylor's, but Dickinson's work is extremely clever, unusual, & exciting. This book takes place at the English country home of two brothers, heroes of WWII. They were, however, heroes in defeat. Their ancestral home, turned into a theme park, provides the setting for the mystery & mayhem that follow when Detective Superintendent James Pibble of Scotland Yard arrives to confirm the details of an obvious suicide. Of course, what follows is hardly obvious. Dickinson's characterizations, while short in depth are long on creativity. He packs a great deal into his short work. His hero is efficient & effective, but no superman & his depiction of the police includes considerable politics as well as psychology. Generally, his characters (and they really ARE characters!) are complex--not black or white at all. Overall, it's a fun read, a good mystery, & IMHO deserving of its award. It is also a Black Dagger series book--selected by a committee of the CWA.
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Pride of Heroes by Peter Dickinson (Paperback - July 9, 1970)
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