Bookish

a witty, warm-hearted mystery perfect for book lovers

Matthew Sweet author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Quercus Publishing

Published:17th Jul '25

Should be back in stock very soon

Bookish cover

Adapted from the upcoming major U&alibi series created by Mark Gatiss

London, 1946. Gabriel Book is an erudite and unconventional London bookseller married to Trottie, the owner of the wallpaper shop next door. He is also a sleuth who uses the chaotic riches of his stock to crack the puzzling cases that come his way.

He does not work alone. Book's shop is a magnet for waifs and strays - some of whom bring mysteries of their own to his door. There's Nora, sometime bookseller and true crime enthusiast; Dog, connoisseur of ginger biscuits and then Jack, whose arrival at the shop forces Book to confront a loose end from his own past.

Clever, endearing and entertaining, Bookish is a warm-hearted and unexpected mystery, about books, murder and the secrets we all keep.

A whimsical account both of postwar London and of the world of bookshops. A kind book with considerable wit. Highly readable. Clever in the best of senses * The Critic *
Beautifully crafted . . . Sweet evokes the world of 1946 London so well * The Tablet *

ISBN: 9781529444445

Dimensions: 236mm x 158mm x 34mm

Weight: 580g

384 pages