Bodies in a Bookshop
 First edition | |
| Author | Ruthven Todd |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Professor John Stubbs |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Publisher | John Westhouse |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 178 |
| Preceded by | Take Thee a Sharp Knife |
| Followed by | Death 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
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
Bibliography
- 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.