Shrewd Little Sleuth, #author Scott Leckie

 A deeply personal dive into Cold War intrigue and family secrets, Shrewd Little Sleuth unravels an extraordinary life lived in the shadows of Hoover, Hollywood .. family secrets. Meet A.B. Leckie .. hear about his incredibly colourful, eventful life and mysterious death of the federal agent and private detective. As his grandson, author Scott Leckie a progressive human rights lawyer ... Was left grappling with the legacy of a man who may have helped dismantle the very freedoms I fight to protect. Was he secretly gay, crushed by the era's homophobia? Or did other demons drive him to the bottle? What do you do when your family history is entangled in the machinery of repression? How do you reconcile a legacy built on silence and control when it's etched into your own family line? You do the only thing that makes sense: you write it all down, and hope the truth finds its way through. To connect with Scott ... https://www.scottleckie.com.au/