BEAGLE SCENTED MURDER introduces two of the most upright and fearless heels ever to run a detective agency, Otis Beagle and Joe Peel. These two new Gruber characters are not above “making” a little business, especially when times are slow, but they are not in the market for murder. Murder lands in their laps, however, and for a time they are forced to do a little honest work. In the course of avoiding San Quentin they uncover same interesting material about one of their clients and learn a lot about a racket in dime novels. They wind up with a bang, but, much to the grief of the local police, on their feet. Frank Gruber has written a fast, tough, and funny mystery story in the Fletcher and Cragg tradition. We expect to hear more of Messrs. Beagle and Peel