Bodies in a Bookshop

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	Print
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

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

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.