Bodies in a Bookshop

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Bodies in a Bookshop
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First edition
Author Ruthven Todd
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesProfessor John Stubbs
GenreMystery
PublisherJohn Westhouse
Publication date
1946
Media typePrint
Pages178
Preceded byTake 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]

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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.

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References

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

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