Tears of the galley

He has convinced his readers many times that Ladislav Beran, an emeritus criminalist from Písek, can find interesting cases in the period press of the 1930s and in the gendarmerie archives. And he certainly won't disappoint them in his new book. The Písek gendarmerie search party with its experienced commander, Staff Captain Votruba, the indispensable Staff Sergeant Hřebejk and other members of the search party are able to give the gallery a good beating and keep it on its heels, so that in the end the criminals and various other filth are left with nothing to cry about. The author offers a good dose of suspense in short stories called The Bed Case, Crime at the Bat Shantytown, Death of a Philanthropist, It was such a good day for murder, Missed message, Wicked gallery, Quo vadis, Crime! Crime at the Kodet Hotel or Death of a Bohemian.