The Methods of Sergeant Cluff

Sergeant Caleb Cluff, the sullen Yorkshire bachelor policeman, returns in this sequel to Gil North’s wonderful debut novel Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm. He’s not all of the way recovered from the suspense-filled fallout of that case, but he takes on the investigation of the death of a young shop girl,......more

"The Methods of Sergeant Cluff" is a detective novel that was originally published in the early 1960s and is set in England. The writing tended to be vague and dreamy. Characters would have whole conversations using "he" or "she" without defining who they meant. They also found themselves in the mid......more

This is one of the books reprinted in the British Library of Crime Classics, and there is an intro written by Martin Edwards in 2016. Sgt. Caleb Cluff is a despondent, gruff man who plays his cards close to his vest. He knows the people of Gunnarshaw, on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, as well as a......more

This was my first experience with Sergeant Cluff - in the fairly short tale of a muddled woman in a close knit Yorkshire town. On the plus side, it’s an atmospheric story with rain and mud, and a real sense of a town peeping through curtains at their neighbours. There’s a good plot that keeps you re......more