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Bodies in a Bookshop

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Bodies in a Bookshop
First edition
AuthorRuthven Todd
LanguageEnglish
SeriesProfessor John Stubbs
GenreMystery
PublisherJohn Westhouse
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages178
Preceded byTake Thee a Sharp Knife 
Followed byDeath for Madame 

Bodies in a Bookshop is a 1946 mystery detective novel by the British author Ruthven Todd, written under the pen name of R.T. Campbell.[1] It was one of several novels featuring the botanist and amateur detective Professor John Stubbs.[2]

Synopsis

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In a bookshop in a bohemian quarter just off the Tottenham Court Road a colleague of Stubbs encounters two dead men in a backroom. Investigating along with Chief Inspector Bishop of Scotland Yard, Stubbs uncovers a world of blackmail and pornographic books.

References

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  1. ^ Royle p.301
  2. ^ Hanson p.58

Bibliography

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  • Hanson, Gillian Mary. City and Shore: The Function of Setting in the British Mystery. McFarland, 2015.
  • Main, Peter. A Fervent Mind: The Life of Ruthven Todd. Lomax Press, 2018.
  • Royle, Trevor. The Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature. Macmillan, 1983.