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Swing Low, Swing Death

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Swing Low, Swing Death
First edition
AuthorRuthven Todd
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
PublisherJohn Westhouse
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Death Cap 

Swing Low, Swing Death is a 1946 mystery detective novel by the British author Ruthven Todd, written under the pen name of R.T. Campbell.[1] It was the last of seven novels featuring the botanist and amateur detective Professor John Stubbs.[2] Todd planned to continue the series, with five more titles announced, but the bankruptcy of his publisher brought the series to a halt. The following year he emigrated to the United States. It was republished in 2018 by Dover Publications, along with three others Stubbs adventures.

Synopsis

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A controversial new modern art gallery in London is the site for the unveiling of a painting. However, when the supposed masterpiece is revealed, the body of a dead art dealer is found hanging from the picture hook.

References

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  1. ^ Royle p.301
  2. ^ Hanson p.170

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.