Download or read book The Lenient Beast written by Fredric Brown and published by Disruptive Pub. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logical add-on to the old phrase about a busybody never resting. Fred Brown's Lenient Beast is a five-part narrative telling of the perfect crime. The killer is driven not out of lust, greed or any of the usual sobs, rather 'cause he cares so much for all of us. First published 1956.