The Case of the Red Brunette: A Ludovic Travers Mystery: 44 (The Ludovic Travers Mysteries)

Providence they say is good to drunkards and children. Maybe theres a third category--the unorthodox detective.A new case finds Ludovic Travers travelling to the respectable English Midlands town of Mainford. He is commissioned to investigate the death under compromising circumstances of Harry Landlace--a man of civic virtue. There is the suggestion of a smear and as Travers attempts to clear Landlaces name he uncovers something the dead man was on the verge of revealing. Is it to do with the undercover gambling syndicate Travers comes upon or the youth club with which the deceased was closely involved? Travers is relentless in pursuit of the guilty party--or parties. But the case will not end before more than one person have met their deaths.The Case of the Red Brunette was originally published in 1954. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.Mr. Bush has an urbane and intelligent way of dealing with mystery. Leo Bruce