Peter B. Bruck
Created by Robert Iles

According to his creator, PETER B. BRUCK's "1950s Manhattan private eye with a fourth-floor office on lower Broadway, and a secretary, Ella, who is as puritanical--and lucious--as he is lascivious. Bruck's a calm (to the point of laziness), full-of-humor, brainy guy. Ella's constantly Bruck that he's gotta earn some moolah to pay the bills--especially her pay cheque."

File Bruck under Screwball: his first-person accounts of cases carom all over the place, as interesting cases practically climb through the window to find him. Like the time a circus trick rider hires our hero to find out who shot his horse, or Horse and Chester, two leg-breakers for Jackie Conn...well, you get the idea....

Robert Iles is a professional writer who switched from medical articles and books about three years ago to write what he likes best, detective fiction.So far, Iles has written a dozen or so (and counting) stories in a series he calls The Adventures of Peter B. Bruck, Private Investigator. Most have been published or accepted for publication, in small-circulation magazines.

TRUE CONFESSIONS

• They say, "People who like to eat make good cooks." That may say something about writers, too. I like to read detective stories with a real plot, action, and colorful characters, so that's what I try to write. I also hope they are the old-fashion private eye stories where the protagonist is tough, smarter than he looks, and slips in a laugh when you're not expecting it." (Robert Iles)

SHORT STORIES
Arranged in the sequence of his biography, not in the sequence of publication, by the author:

• "The Burlesque Murders" (Winter 1997, Red Herring Mystery Magazine)
• "Vinnie and the Tiger" (Fall 1997, Potpourri Magazine of the Literary Arts)
• "The Missing Sister Caper" (Winter 1996, Red Herring)
• "The Blonde on the Beach" (March 1998, Whispering Willows Mystery Magazine)
• "A Hand in the Case" (Spring 1997, Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine)
• "The Delinquent Debutante Caper" (Spring 1998, Cozy Detective)
• "Deadly Diamonds" (December 1998, Blue Murder)
• "The Big Kiss-Off" (December 1998, Sleuthhound Mystery Magazine)
• "The Burning Woman" (Fall 1997, Whispering Willows)
• "The .44 Caliber Headache" (September 1998, Potpourri)
• "A Little Fiction" (Spring 1999, Murderous Intent)
• "Ride A Dead Horse" (under consideration for publication at present)
• "Now You See Her..." (February 1998, The Thrilling Detective Web Site)
• "The Big Kiss-Off" (December 1999, Blue Murder)

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