Bruce Alexander

Bruce Alexander is the pseudonym for a well-known author of fiction and non-fiction. The previous books in this series are Blind Justice, Murder in Grub Street (Named by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book in 1995), Watery Grave, Person or Persons Unknown (named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the best novels of 1997), Jack, Knave and Fool, and Death of a Colonial.

When 13-year-old Jeremy Proctor is arrested for a crime he did not commit, he is saved by the wisdom and compassion of blind judge, Sir John Fielding. The boy rewards Fielding by becoming his "eyes," and the two start a career solving 18th-century London's most wicked crimes.

Books

Murder in Grub Street (A Sir John Fielding Mystery) August 3, 2010 The crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving Read more...

Blind Justice
(A Sir John Fielding Mystery #1)
September 29, 2009


Now in trade paperback, the very first John Fielding historical mystery.

Falsely charged of theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old orphaned printer's apprentice Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in the legendary Sir John Fielding. Read more...

Rules of Engagement
(The Final Sir John Fielding Mystery)
February 7, 2006


A final gift from Bruce Alexander: a book in his acclaimed mystery series about blind eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding.

Beloved by legions of fans, and a staple of best-of-the-year book lists, the Read more...

Rules of Engagement
March 3, 2005


A final gift from Bruce Alexander: a new book in his acclaimed mystery series about eighteenth-century blind London judge Sir John Fielding. Beloved by legions of fans and a staple Read more...

The Price Of Murder
September 7, 2004


Sir John Fielding sends Jeremy into the notorious Seven Dials section of London to look into a woman's disappearance, when a friend of Jeremy's also mysteriously vanishes. Read more...

The Price of Murder
October 9, 2003

An Experiment in Treason
October 10, 2002


Consistently hailed as "wonderful" (The New York Times Book Review), the Fielding mysteries are a magical combination of period ambiance, vivid characterization, and intriguing plotlines. In An Experiment in Treason, a packet of incendiary Read more...