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L. E. Bendon was born in 1983 and wishes Terry Pratchett were still not dead.

He had built quite a satisfying musician’s life for himself up until 2020 when it was suddenly on hold, for reasons we can all remember, and so he put the compulsory free time to use. Thus began his fiction output with the detective series – The Weapon and the Fruit. This is his first foray outside of that series and of the whole crime/mystery genre, but he promises there is plenty more of Lance Pomegranate, and plenty more fantasy still to come.

L.E. Bendon is from London, living in South India, where most people know him as a saxophonist who spends an awful lot of his spare time writing novels on his laptop in cafés. Prior to his debut novel in 2025 all of his pub ...more

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Average rating: 4.39 · 85 ratings · 84 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder (The Weapon and the Fruit, #2) 4.53 avg rating — 34 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards (The Weapon and the Fruit, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dungeon Campaign for Animal Rites (Melogana, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weapon and the Fruit: Hipsters of Teddington Lock (The Weapon and the Fruit, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files, #5)

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L.E. Bendon liked Daisy Hollands's review of The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder (The Weapon and the Fruit, #2): "Absolutely thrilled to be back in the company of Robert Prawn (IYKYK), the delightful oddity, the barefoot detective for another cosy (ish) mystery. As I’ve said before, I love, love, love the writing style of this author and Lance (okay okay I’ll cal" Read more of this review »
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L.E. Bendon liked Melissa's review of The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder (The Weapon and the Fruit, #2): "As a fan of both Lance Pomegranate and Agatha Christie, I had a feeling I was going to like this book, and I was right! Lance is back again, working with Owosu and Pawel to solve murders committed by a serial killer. This is my third book by LE Bendo" Read more of this review »
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L.E. Bendon and 1 other person liked Charlie's review of The Weapon and the Fruit: Hipsters of Teddington Lock (The Weapon and the Fruit, #3): "ARC REVIEW ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️/5 Lance Pomegranate is back! The Weapon and the Fruit! The edgy loveable P.I that walks barefoot 🦶 This was a great cosy mystery that had me hooked from the beginning. A man drowns and there is a group of weird and wonderful wi" Read more of this review »
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L.E. Bendon liked Amorina Carlton's review of The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder (The Weapon and the Fruit, #2): "In an unusual twist, this book is set several years after the first, which I liked. You don't see that extremely often in books, but realistically one would hope that especially in small towns (which many mystery series are set) that people aren't be" Read more of this review »
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Very readable and immersive crime novella with likable and nuanced characters and just enough cues to let you build a vivid mental image of the setting as you flow through the story. I'd say it fits neatly into the goldilocks zone of being much more ...more
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This is a coming of age story for teenagers, showing a group of likable characters growing up and supporting each other as they discover themselves, against the background of an inventive sci-fi premise with a few sprinklings of intrigue and action. I ...more
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