The Case of the Purloined Picture: A Ludovic Travers Mystery - Softcover

Bush, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1913054071 ISBN 13: 9781913054076

Publisher: Dean Street Press, 2019

Synopsis

“Murder’s my job, not parish politics.”

Ludovic Travers, the unofficial expert of Scotland Yard, pairs with his friend, Superintendent Wharton, to dig deeply into an East Anglian murder. Interwoven are the thefts of antique rugs and pictures from old churches, and in putting together the facts and defining the motives, Travers comes up with the answer—all i’s dotted and t’s crossed in the solution to a diabolical and absorbing mystery.

The Case of the Purloined Picture was originally published in 1949. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

“First class mystery reading. A good, well planned plot and even better told.” Minneapolis Tribune

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About the Author

Christopher Bush was born Charlie Christmas Bush in Norfolk in 1885. His father was a farm labourer and his mother a milliner. In the early years of his childhood he lived with his aunt and uncle in London before returning to Norfolk aged seven, later winning a scholarship to Thetford Grammar School. As an adult, Bush worked as a schoolmaster for 27 years, pausing only to fight in World War One, until retiring aged 46 in 1931 to be a full-time novelist. His first novel featuring the eccentric Ludovic Travers was published in 1926, and was followed by 62 additional Travers mysteries. These are all to be republished by Dean Street Press. Christopher Bush fought again in World War Two, and was elected a member of the prestigious Detection Club. He died in 1973.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dean Street Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1913054071
• ISBN 13: 9781913054076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 209