Leo Bruce 1903-1979   Pseudonym of Rupert Croft-Cooke. He was born in Edenbridge, Kent. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Wellington College. He lived in France, Argentina, Germany, Switzerland and Spain. From 1929 to 1931, he was an antiquarian bookseller. In the Second World War he joined the intelligence corps and was posted to Bombay. After the war, he became a book critic for The Sketch. In 1953, he stood trial on a charge of homosexuality and he had to spend six months in prison. In 1954, he left England and eventually settled in Tangiers, Morocco.

Titles and year of publication:
 

1) Case for Three Detectives	1936
2) Case Without a Corpse	1937
3) Case with Four Clowns	1939
4) Case with No Conclusion	1939
5) Case with Ropes and Rings	1940
6) Case for Sergeant Beef	1947
7) Neck and Neck	1951
8) Cold Blood	1952
9) At Death's Door	1955
10) Dead for a Ducat	1956
11) Death of Cold	1956
12) Dead Man's Shoes	1958
13) A Louse for the Hangman	1958
14) Our Jubilee Is Death	1959
15) Furious Old Women	1960
16) Jack on the Gallows Tree	1960
17) A Bone and a Hank of Hair	1961
18) Die All, Die Merrily	1961
19) Nothing Like Blood	1962
20) Crack of Doom (US Title: Such Is Death)	1963
21) Death in Albert Park	1964
22) Death at Hallow's End	1965
23) Death on the Black Sands	1966
24) Death at St. Asprey's School	1967
25) Death of a Commuter	1967
26) Death on Romney Marsh	1968
27) Death with Blue Ribbon	1969
28) Death on Allhallowe'en	1970
29) Death by the Lake	1971
30) Death in the Middle Watch	1974
31) Death of a Bovver Boy	1974