Leo Bruce (1903–1979)
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Tekijän teokset
The gorgeous East : one man's India 4 kappaletta
The numbers game 2 kappaletta
UN CASO PARA EL SARGENTO BEEF 2 kappaletta
The Last of Spring 2 kappaletta
The Sawdust Ring 2 kappaletta
Wilkie 1 kappale
Seven thunders 1 kappale
Brass farthing 1 kappale
Der Tote im Strandpavillon : Kriminalroman / Leo Bruce. [Aus d. Engl. übertr. von Klaus Prost] 1 kappale
Troubadour 1 kappale
Kingdom Come 1 kappale
The blood-red island 1 kappale
Barbary Night 1 kappale
Darts 1 kappale
Associated Works
Il villaggio del mistero 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Bruce, Leo
- Virallinen nimi
- Croft-Cooke, Rupert
- Muut nimet
- Bruce, Leo
- Syntymäaika
- 1903-06-20
- Kuolinaika
- 1979-06-10
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Edenbridge, Kent, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Bournemouth, England
- Asuinpaikat
- Edenbridge, Kent, UK
France
Argentina
Germany
Switzerland
Spain - Koulutus
- Tonbridge School, Kent, England
Wellington College - Ammatit
- antiquarian bookseller (1929-1931)
intelligence officer (Bombay | WWII )
book critic (The Sketch)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Listat
Palkinnot
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Tilastot
- Teokset
- 99
- Also by
- 13
- Jäseniä
- 1,307
- Suosituimmuussija
- #19,642
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.8
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 40
- ISBN:t
- 202
- Kielet
- 10
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 2
The stories are competently told and, despite their extremely limited length, often contain multiple suspects, multiple motives, and even a red herring or two, which takes some skill. Other than that, though, I'm not sure there's a lot to recommend them: after the first couple, they begin to feel repetitive and unimaginative; also, more often than not, their solutions rely on information that isn't shared with the reader in advance, so they don't even work as puzzles. They were apparently good enough for newspapers, but as a collection I'm not convinced (despite Pike's protestations) that they provide any useful new insights into Bruce's cleverness or craft.
Not a bad read - just not an especially rewarding one. If you have a choice, definitely invest your time in one of Bruce's full-length Beef novels (The Case for Three Detectives is a hoot) rather than this rather banal collection.… (lisätietoja)