A Pride of Heroes (Scarlet Dagger Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Peter Dickinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1994 | Series: Scarlet Dagger Large Print

Ex-library copy. Good to Very Good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Cover bright and clean. Text is perfect. Same day shipping.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Chivers North Amer; Large Prnt edition (August 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745164625
• ISBN-13: 978-0745164625
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,621,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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, May 22, 2007

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Neal J. Pollock (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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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.