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Death of a Bovver Boy
Death of a Bovver Boy

Death of a Bovver Boy

A Carolus Deene Mystery

Carolus Deene Series

FICTION

160 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $14.95 (US $14.95) (CA $17.95)

Publication Date: November 2014

ISBN 9780897337335

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Nov 2014)
Academy Chicago Publishers

Price: $14.95
 
 

Overview

Carolus Deene’s housekeeper, the stoic Mrs. Stick, announces one evening that her husband has seen the body of a youth lying in a ditch with his hair shorn and his wrists slashed. Carolus knows that he has, at last, met a supreme challenge to test his powers of deduction. The redoubtable schoolmaster-turned-detective then becomes involved in a lively series of adventures infiltrating England’s provincial cockney underworld and gaining insight into the dead boy’s unhappy background and surroundings. Realizing that it is all too easy to blame the obvious suspects, skinheads and greasers, Carolus must call upon his ingenuity and determination to persevere. One of Leo Bruce’s most exciting novels, Death of a Bovver Boy gives the reader an insight into the milieu of rebellious 1970s England, a world where prejudice is the order of the day and hostility and violence are the only means of survival.

Reviews

“Typical of [Leo Bruce’s] polished style are those mysteries solved by Carolus Deene, a haughty history schoolmaster whose ratiocinative instincts quicken in atmospheric settings.”  —New York Times Book Review on the Carolus Deene series

“Even the seasoned mystery reader . . . will recognize Leo Bruce as a master of the genre.”  —Publishers Weekly on the Carolus Deene series

"A quality read, notable for its tight, efficient plotting and memorable cast. Deene is a sturdy, durable, colorful character; you’ll enjoy his exploits here, and will no doubt want to sample previous installments if you haven’t yet had the pleasure." —Mystery Scene

Author Biography

Leo Bruce is the nom de plume of Rupert Croft-Cooke, who wrote some 125 mysteries, biographies, and memoirs. He died in 1980.