Justice Deferred

For readers who enjoyed the crime stories by the retired commissioner of the criminal investigation service, Ladislav Beran, the Písek-based author now offers several thrilling short stories. They feature the familiar protagonists Lieutenant Studnička, Lieutenant Mach, Captain Karas, and other members of the Písek CID, for whom every case is a challenge and professional honour is paramount. The very titles of the stories—The Lucky One, The Outpatient Affair, Kryštof Pazderka's All-In, Double Trouble, False Identity, The Delicate Alibi, or Two Pairs of Lying Eyes—promise that there will be no shortage of baffling cases this time either…