The Case of the April Fools

A Ludovic Travers Mystery

Christopher Bush

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Dean Street Press Limited
02 October 2017

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: Ludovic Travers

"""Let us know when you're dead!""

Ludovic Travers had known it was a publicity stunt, all that business about the anonymous threatening letters. He expected a hoax but what he found was two men lying dead on the floor of Crewe's bedroom. To be confronted with murder at eight in the morning was no joke. Norris, the quiet, steady Inspector of Scotland Yard, certainly didn't think so, although during the weeks he and Travers sought to puzzle it all out, he many times remarked, ""It was on April Fool's Day, don't forget that."" This is one of Bush's masterpieces - an intricate and baffling country house murder mystery.

The Case of the April Fools was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans."

By: Christopher Bush
Imprint: Dean Street Press Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781911579816
ISBN 10: 1911579819
Series: Ludovic Travers
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 02 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.