Author | Scott Leckie

If they killed Marilyn, they killed him too...

He was Hoover’s golden boy… until he wasn’t. A.B. Leckie slipped from Bureau legend to shadowy ghost, tangled in Monroe’s final days, Cold War paranoia, and secrets buried deep.

This is the story of my grandfather, Arthur Bernard Leckie, a shrewd little sleuth who might have known just enough to get him killed.

“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 and history itself..”

– Reed Brody
(Author, To Catch a Dictator)

“...A rare and masterful reveal of American History... an intensely personal recounting of the Hoover-era FBI and the personal relationships driving public policy.”

– Skye Fitzgerald
(Filmmaker, 2x Academy® Award nominee)

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What they say:

"In these days when democracy is under fire from Trump to Erdogan and Netanyahu or even was destroyed like in Russia, Scott Leckie and his work give us some hope that there is still a possibility for change for the better."

Jürgen Walter – Former Green Party member of Parliament in the German State of Baden-Württemberg and former State Secretary of Culture.

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Meet Scott Leckie author of Shrewd Little Sleuth. Shrewd Little Sleuth reads like Forrest Gump meets L.A. Confidential, a real-life descent into espionage, power, and moral reckoning that spans from Pearl Harbor to Hollywood’s smoky backrooms. It’s a deeply personal investigation into truth, legacy, and the roots of modern authoritarianism.

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