An Embarrassment of Corpses Author:Alan Beechey When up-and-coming children's author Oliver Swithin finds a famous writer's body in a Trafalgar Square fountain, he relays his suspicions about the presumed accident to Scotland Yard by way of his uncle. Detective Superintendent Tim Mallard at first scoffs but then uses Oliver's intelligence to solve what becomes a series of murders ... more »in public places throughout London« less