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Books by Leo Bruce
  | | Case with 4 Clowns A Sergeant Beef Mystery (Sergeant Beef Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2010 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-606-2, ISBN: 0-89733-606-2 "One of the rarest mysteries in the author's Sergeant Beef series, Case with Four Clowns, which has only been published once in the US—more than fifty years ago - is now available in paperback for the first time. It is regarded by critics as one of Leo Bruce's most baffling mysteries. A murder is yet to be committed—that much is certain—but who will be the victim? And who will be the murderer? It is Sgt. Beef's job to discover these ..." |
 | | Neck and Neck(1st Edition) A Sergeant Beef Mystery (Paperback or Softback) by Leo Bruce, Rupert Croft-Cooke Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2019 by Academy Chicago Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-040-4, ISBN: 0-89733-040-4 |
 | | A Bone and a Hank of Hair (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Academy Chicago Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-64160-271-6, ISBN: 1-64160-271-6 "Carolus Deene, history master at Queen's School, Newminster, manages on the side to dabble in the art of gentlemanly detective work. In Leo Bruce's beloved A Bone and a Hank of Hair, Deene is approached by Mrs. Chalk, who is convinced her heiress cousin has been murdered. The suspect is, of course, Mr. Rathbone, the lady's wily widower. On the way to the truth, Deene encounters a host of friendly characters and oafish constabulary, lead ..." |
 | | Death at St. Asprey's School(Updated) A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 221 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-094-7, ISBN: 0-89733-094-3 "There are strange goings-on at St. Asprey's, an expensive boys' preparatory school: footsteps in passages at night . . . strange lights . . . rabbits with battered skulls. Carolus Deene has some spine-tingling experiences before he solves the mystery." |
 | | Death in Albert Park(1st Edition) (A Carolus Deene Mystery) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 239 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-073-2, ISBN: 0-89733-073-0 "His mania was to strike, to kill, and no in Ores A Mr. Tuckman, a city man at number 24, was reputed to be something of a ... On the night after Joyce Ribbing's funeral, Alec Tuckman called together what he called a nucleus of those concerned ..." |
 | | Death with Blue Ribbon A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-345-0, ISBN: 0-89733-345-4 "A Carolus Deene Mystery Leo Bruce. Published in 1994 by Academy Chicago Publishers 262 West ... of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data Bruce, Leo, 1903-1980. Death with blue ribbon / Leo Bruce. Ip. Cin." |
 | | Jack on the Gallows Tree(Updated) A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 189 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-072-5, ISBN: 0-89733-072-2 "First American Publication 1983 Second printing 1988 Published by Academy Chicago Publishers 425 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Printed and bound in the USA. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without ..." |
 | | A Bone and a Hank of Hair A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2019 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-175-3, ISBN: 0-89733-175-3 "Carolus Deene, history master at Queen's School, Newminster, manages on the side to dabble in the art of gentlemanly detective work. In Leo Bruce's beloved A Bone and a Hank of Hair, Deene is approached by Mrs. Chalk, who is convinced her heiress cousin has been murdered. The suspect is, of course, Mr. Rathbone, the lady's wily widower. On the way to the truth, Deene encounters a host of friendly characters and oafish constabulary, lead ..." |
 | | Nothing Like Blood A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Mysteries) by Leo Bruce, 1903-1980 Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1985 by Academy Chicago Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-128-9, ISBN: 0-89733-128-1 |
 | | Settling Scores Sporting Mysteries (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin Edwards, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison, J. Jefferson Farjeon, Henry Wade, H. C. Bailey, Gerald Verner, David Winser, Gladys Mitchell, Ernest Dudley, Leo Bruce, Bernard Newman, Julian Symons, Michael Gilbert, Celia Fremlin Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2020 by British Library Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7123-5321-2, ISBN: 0-7123-5321-6 |
 | | Death of a Bovver Boy(2nd Edition) A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2014 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-733-5, ISBN: 0-89733-733-6 "Billed as “the ugliest case that Carolus Deene ever chose to investigate,” Leo Bruce’s Death of a Bovver Boy finds the redoubtable schoolmaster-turned-detective involved in yet another mystery murder—this time among teenage outcasts and skinheads in rural 1970s England. When Carolus’s housekeeper, stoic Mrs. Stick, announces one evening that her husband has seen the naked body of a youth lying in “a peculiar hunched-up position” in a di ..." |
 | | Case with Ropes and Rings A Sergeant Beef Mystery (Sergeant Beef Series) by Leo Bruce, E. M. Delafield Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1990 by Academy Chicago Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-035-0, ISBN: 0-89733-035-8 "The Coroner's Jury found that the boy hanged in the school gymnasium had killed himself, but Sgt. Beef disagrees. He takes a job as a temporary school caretaker, abetted by the reluctant Townsend - Beef's biographer - whose brother is a master at the school. Beef's methods are not to Townsend's liking, as they entail endless games of darts and beer all around in the local pub. Then there is another remarkably similar murder which occurs ..." |
 | | Jack on the Gallows Tree(Updated) (A Carolus Deene Mystery) by Leo Bruce Paperback, 189 Pages, Published 1983 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-071-8, ISBN: 0-89733-071-4 "The dead bodies of two elderly ladies are discovered; both had been strangled. Each is found lying full-length, clasping in her hand the stem of a Madonna lily." |
 | | Neck and Neck A Sergeant Beef Mystery by Leo Bruce 224 Pages, Published 2019 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64160-188-7, ISBN: 1-64160-188-4 "Lionel Townsend, Sergeant Beef's priggish biographer, has surprisingly found himself the prime suspect of a murder." |
 | | Death in the Middle Watch(Updated) A Carolus Deene Mystery (Carolus Deene Series) by Leo Bruce Hardcover, 1,948 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89733-523-2, ISBN: 0-89733-523-6 "Death in the Middle Watch is vintage Leo Bruce, enhanced by the effortless humour that is a hallmark of all Leo Bruce mysteries. This time, Carolus is enjoying himself on a holiday cruise. On the first night aboard the Summer Queen, there is a shout of Man Overboard! From that point on to the moment of Deene's unexpected revelations, the reader will find that unique mixture of artless fun and grim terror Bruce devotees savour. The reade ..." |
 | | Carolus Deene Furious Old Women : A Carolus Deene Mystery by Leo Bruce 191 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61373-291-5, ISBN: 1-61373-291-0 "“I'm not going to have the boys interfered with on Tuesdays. They come to choir practice then.” “I don't want them. I've explained to you it's just one boy, Stanley Rogers, to help me get the Institute in order. Unless you'd like him and Cyril ..." |
 | | Cold Blood A Sergeant Beef Mystery by Leo Bruce 173 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64160-191-7, ISBN: 1-64160-191-4 "Cosmo Ducrow was a wealthy heir known to friends and family for his friendly though reclusive nature." |
 | | Carolus Deene Such Is Death : A Carolus Deane Mystery by Leo Bruce 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61373-303-5, ISBN: 1-61373-303-8 "Even if anyone had been watching it all the evening they could only say that a number of people had passed. Most of those you observed in the pub for instance.” “And was anyone watching?” “Not that I know of. There's a woman who keeps the sweetshop opposite whom I questioned this evening, but she says she saw nothing, never looked out of her window, heard nothing, knows nothing and wouldn't tell us anyway if she did. She was prosec ..." |
 | | Sergeant Beef Ser. Case for Three Detectives : A Sergeant Beef Mystery by Leo Bruce 240 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61373-258-8, ISBN: 1-61373-258-9 "... with a bony face in which jaw and teeth, cheek-bones and forehead protruded, while the flesh seemed to have shrunk till it barely covered the skull. Another guest spoke then. Young David Strickland, I think it was. “But an arrest doesn't always mean a verdict of guilty,” he said. “There have been murderers so desperate that though they knew beforehand they would be suspected and probably charged, they took the chance. They were ..." |
 | | Our Jubilee is Death A Carolus Deane Mystery by Leo Bruce 189 Pages, Published 2005 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61373-300-4, ISBN: 1-61373-300-3 "“Everybody came down late next morning, including Graveston, whose snoring Mrs Plum heard after nine o'clock. But even that did not seem to matter for a while until I began asking awkward questions about it. The bath-chair, Gracie's shoes— none of these seemed very important. Mrs Bomberger was safely dead and nobody had an inkling of how it had happened. “In fact the first thing that began to worry Babs was the behaviour of Alice Pi ..." |
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