Death at Hallows End

Author: Bruce, Leo
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Publication Date: 05/01/2008

They all had their tricks, those venerable authors of classic British detective stories, for giving their whodunits a distinctive flair. With Leo Bruce, who wrote 22 mysteries featuring a frightfully arch schoolmaster named Carolus Deene, the trick is more a matter of style. Besides devising intricate puzzles for his sharp-witted gentleman sleuth, Bruce creates characters whose mangling of the queen's English adds life and laughter to their functional roles. — Marilyn Stasio