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Bruce alexander eighteenthcentury london judge sir john fielding and his assistant, jeremy proctor, investigate the unexpected death of a lord at a concert and the discovery of a disembodied head on the banks of. Rules of engagement is the eleventh historical mystery novel about sir john fielding by bruce alexander a pseudonym for bruce cook. The manuscript was unfinished when cook died in 2003, but his widow, judith aller, and writer john shannon worked together to complete it. Jack, knave and fool is a recent installment of the sir john fielding mystery series. The story behind the article begins when the owner of the saturday evening post,judge curtis bok, learned of a.
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