<p><em>"It was my own fault, of course.&nbsp;I realized that when it was too late."</em></p><p><br></p><p>Crime writer Iain Carter has recently married and is struggling to make a decent living as an author.&nbsp;His brother-in-law is a likable but slightly indiscreet constable, and Iain decides to use this inside knowledge to write a satirical series featuring a pompous dictatorial police superintendent.&nbsp;To protect his identity, Iain creates an elaborately designed pseudonym, John Ky Lowell, that can't be traced back to him.&nbsp;When the first book by Lowell,&nbsp;<em>The Undetective</em>, proves to be a huge success, Iain finds he must take increasingly convoluted steps to protect his secret from the press, the police&nbsp;<em>and</em>&nbsp;the taxman.&nbsp;&nbsp;But the real trouble begins when a local bookmaker is killed, and Iain finds his mysterious alter-ego is the prime suspect.</p><p><br></p><p>Bruce Graeme (1900-1982) was a pseudonym of Graham Montague Jeffries, an author of 100 crime novels and a founding member of The Crime Writers Association.&nbsp;He created a number of Golden Age detectives, including bookseller and accidental detective Theodore Terhune, whose first adventure, <em>Seven Clues in Search of a Crime</em>, has been republished by Moonstone Press in 2021.</p>