Unholy Dying

Unholy Dying is a 1945 mystery detective novel by the British author Ruthven Todd, written under the pen name of R.T. Campbell. It was the first in a series of novels featuring the botanist and amateur detective Professor John Stubbs. It has been republished in 1985 and 2019 by Dover Publications.

Synopsis
After a murder takes place at an international gathering of geneticists, Professor Stubbs takes it upon himself to launch his own investigation. One of the scientists in particular is notorious for his plagiarism of the work of others.