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Case for Three Detectives (Sgt. Beef, Bk 1)
Case for Three Detectives - Sgt. Beef, Bk 1 Author:Leo Bruce At a typical English weekend houseparty, a vicious murder takes place in a locked room. Local constable Sgt Beef is on the job when three amateur detectives descend on the house to investigate. Lord Simon Plimsoll, Monsieur Amer Picon and Monsignor Smith each arrives at his own solution to the crime, which most likely involved an inheritance. Am... more »ong the suspects is a butler who may be up to no good; a chauffeur who might have been romantically entangled with the Lady of the house; a maid who is in love with the chauffeur; the maid's brother, recently released from prison; a cook who is a miracle worker in the kitchen; the spouse of the victim; a local vicar who insists on acting as a morals-Nazi; and three male houseguests whose backgrounds are vague. Originally published in 1936.« less