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The Death Cap

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The Death Cap
First edition
AuthorRuthven Todd
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
PublisherJohn Westhouse
Publication date
1946
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byDeath for Madame 
Followed bySwing Low, Swing Death 

The Death Cap 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

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After a young woman belonging to a Bohemian group of artists is poisoned by the death cap mushroom, the domineering and boorish Stubbs sets out to solve the case despite the objects of Chief Inspector Bishop of Scotland Yard.

References

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  1. ^ Royle p.301
  2. ^ Hanson p.170

Bibliography

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  • 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.