Abracadaver is a 1972 historical mystery detective novel by the British author Peter Lovesey. It is the third in his series of novels featuring the Victorian era policeman Sergeant Daniel Cribb.[1] Cribb a member of the Metropolitan Police investigates a crime that has taken place in the world of London's music halls.[2] The title is a portmanteau of the words abracadabra, frequently used in magic tricks, and that of cadaver an alternative word for a corpse.
In 1980 it was adapted into an episode of for the ITV series Cribb starring Alan Dobie as Cribb.