The Bravo of London

The Bravo of London is a 1934 mystery thriller novel by the British writer Ernest Bramah. It featured his most celebrated character, the blind detective Max Carrados. It was the first and only full-length novel to feature Carrados, who usually appeared in short stories. Excerpt: "A TOLERABLY hard nut to crack, of course," said the self-possessed young man with the very agreeable smile—an accomplishment which he did not trouble to exercise on his associate in this case since they knew one another pretty well and were strictly talking business; "or you wouldn't be so dead keen about me, Joolby."