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In this light‑hearted mystery, botanist Max Boyle discovers a pair of corpses hidden in a back room of a small bookshop on a side‑street off Tottenham Court Road, London. Boyle enlists the help of Chief Inspector Reginald F. Bishop of Scotland Yard, who consults with the erudite but eccentric Professor John Stubbs, a Scottish botanist and amateur criminologist. Together, the trio wades through London's literary trade, piecing together clues behind the murders and uncovering a darker plot beneath the shop’s shelves.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Ruthven Campbell Todd
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