The Case of the Fourth Detective: A Ludovic Travers Mystery (The Ludovic Travers Mysteries) - Softcover

Bush, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1913054136 ISBN 13: 9781913054137

Publisher: Dean Street Press, 2019

Synopsis

He was deader than last year’s hit-song. At the side of the skull was where the bullet had done its work.

Four detectives? Surely things must have come to quite a pass if the well-tried team of Ludovic Travers and George Wharton has to be doubled in order to crack even the most baffling case. Yet when sudden death comes to the head of a big firm of grocers in the City, our old friends do find both help and hindrance in unexpected quarters.

The Case of the Fourth Detective was originally published in 1951. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

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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: 1913054136
• ISBN 13: 9781913054137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223