Bruce Beckham (Author of Detective Inspector Skelgill)

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Bruce Beckham

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in Middlemarch, The United Kingdom

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Mystery, Suspense, Crime

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BRUCE BECKHAM brings a lifelong love of the outdoors to the contemporary crime novel. An award-winning, Amazon best-selling writer and member of the UK Society of Authors, he pens fiendish plots, vivid wild scenes and compelling dramas.

His series 'Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates' now extends to 24 standalone murder mysteries and 8 boxsets, and sells across five continents, from Japan and India to Brazil and the United States of America. Over one million copies have been downloaded worldwide.

Murder at Blind Beck (#25) will be released in May 2025 and can be pre-ordered at

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	Detective Inspector Skelgill (Inspector Skelgill Investigates, #1-4) 4.37 avg rating — 1,608 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in Adland (DI Skelgill Investigates, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,758 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Lake (DI Skelgill Investigates, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 1,422 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Woods (DI Skelgill Investigates, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder In School (DI Skelgill Investigates, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 1,156 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Flood (Inspector Skelgill Investigates, #9) 4.10 avg rating — 975 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Edge (DI Skelgill Investigates, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 952 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder by Magic (DI Skelgill Investigates, #5) 4.23 avg rating — 881 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The DI Skelgill Series #5-7 4.42 avg rating — 825 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Wake (DI Skelgill Investigates, #7) 4.14 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Cumbrian Crime from a Social Perspective, 1834-94

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Bruce Beckham answered Ruth's question: I like Betty's comment about a series on PBS, but what about a movie? Any ideas on who would make a good Skelgill? Jones? Leyton? Smart? My father was an angler and was almost as quirky as your character. Really brings back so many memories of fishing with him - which was the best way to connect. Has also made me appreciate the beauty of that area. Absolutely love your books. Thank you for your very generous feedback! I'm so happy to hear that the Skelgill books can provide something more than just a whodunit - and it certainly is one of the most enjoyable aspects for me, to be wandering around the Lake District like Will See Full Answer
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Bruce Beckham answered Kabrada's question: Will there be more audiobook versions of the DI Skelgill series? I love the series but have trouble with my eyes and so prefer listening to audio books. As far as I can see only books 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10 have been released in audio format. Thanks for your kind feedback - and for what is a timely question. While my traditional audiobook publisher has been keeping me in suspense, Amazon has just invited me to join the beta test programme 'AVV' (Audible Virtual Voice). This is automatic n See Full Answer
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Bruce Beckham added a status update: FREE TODAY until Sunday 4 May in the Kindle Store, number 10 in the DI Skelgill series, MURDER AT DEAD CRAGS. To download a free copy, just click where it says "$0.00 to buy": US UK CA OZ If you liked 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', you might enjoy this one!
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Bruce Beckham rated a book it was amazing The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Billed on the front of the first edition as 鈥淎 love story with detective interruptions鈥�, Busman鈥檚 Honeymoon is the eleventh and final Lord Peter Wimsey novel and was published in 1937. It charts Wimsey鈥檚 marriage to crime novelist Harriet Vane, rescue ...more
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“a philosophy borrowed from the long-suffering Scots, that there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes.聽”
― Bruce Beckham, Murder in the Mind

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“I began to appreciate that the job of an amateur sleuth was not quite so straightforward as they make out in the whodunits.”
― Bruce Beckham, Murder Mystery Collection

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“ken whit tae dae wi鈥� it.”
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“this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefooted Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write.)”
― William Faulkner, The Reivers

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“I don鈥檛 very much believe in blood,鈥� said Samuel. 鈥淚 think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb.鈥� 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 make a race horse of a pig.鈥� 鈥淣o,鈥� said Samuel, 鈥渂ut you can make a very fast pig.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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