Bodies in a Bookshop - Brossura

Campbell, R. T.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486784436 ISBN 13: 9780486784434

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2018

Riassunto

When botanist Max Boyle ventures into a little shop around the corner from London's Tottenham Court Road, he's delighted by the bibliophile treasures he finds. But he's less charmed by the two corpses he stumbles upon in a back room. Boyle summons "The Bishop," Chief Inspector Reginald F. Bishop of Scotland Yard, who in turn calls in Professor John Stubbs, a rotund amateur criminologist. The pipe-smoking, beer-drinking professor, the skeptical, world-weary Bishop, and the protesting Boyle — who would rather be basking in the sun on the Isles of Scilly — soon discover a web of skulduggery and dark deeds. Fueled as much by the friction between their personalities as their enthusiasm, the crime-solving trio threads a maze through the city's book and print emporia, grappling with a puzzle likely to baffle even the most astute armchair detectives.
Bodies in a Bookshop is loaded with amusing sallies of wit, quaint and pungent observations, and droll characters. Crisp dialogue keeps the plot moving at top speed. A treat for mystery lovers and those who appreciate a rummage through musty bookshops, this novel is as exuberantly readable as it was upon its original publication in 1946.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Ruthven Campbell Todd (1914–78) was a Scottish-born poet, scholar, art critic, and fantasy novelist who wrote a series of detective novels under the name R. T. Campbell.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0486784436
• ISBN 13: 9780486784434
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 147