Death of a Bovver Boy

A Carolus Deene Mystery

Leo Bruce

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Chicago Review Press
09 February 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery

Series: Carolus Deene Series

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 ditch beside the road, his hair shorn and his wrists slashed, Carolus knows that he has, at last, met the supreme challenge to test his powers of deduction. And this is just the beginning: from this point on, the detective is involved in a lively series of adventures infiltrating England's provincial underworld and gaining insight into the dead boy's unhappy background and surroundings. A rude collection of thugs and punks become involved in the search for the murderer; all are equally dangerous and each might be to blame. Only through his ingenuity and determination to persevere-despite all the forces urging him to the contrary-does Carolus finally solve the mystery.

This is one of Leo Bruce's grittiest novels, giving the reader an insight into the milieu of rebellious 1970s England, a world where prejudice was the order of the day and hostility and violence were the only means of survival.

By: Leo Bruce
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 226g
ISBN: 9780897337335
ISBN 10: 0897337336
Series: Carolus Deene Series
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 09 February 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Leo Bruce was the pen name of Rupert Croft-Cooke, who wrote more than twenty highly praised mysteries featuring Carolus Deene. He also wrote eight mysteries featuring Sergeant William Beef, a cockney police detective who invariably knows who done it, and dozens of biographies and memoirs. He died in 1980.

Reviews for Death of a Bovver Boy: A Carolus Deene Mystery

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 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