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Carson's Conspiracy (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — Wow! What an ending! I was enjoying this book. I like Sir John Appleby. Michael Innes's mysteries are sophisticated and quirky. Anyway, it was pretty good, then I got to the ending and wow! What a surprise! I had to give it 5 stars. Appleby's ...More…
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The Daffodil Affair (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — The strangest of all Inspector Appleby mysteries Michael Innes plunged off the surreal deep end when he wrote "The Daffodil Affair." Maybe it was because of the war--this Inspector Appleby mystery was published in 1942--or maybe Innes just felt ...More…
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Appleby on Ararat (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Author Michael Innes EAN 9781842327159 ISBN 1842327151 Number Of Pages 192 Publication Date 2001-01-01 SKU BM-05-01-1483More…
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The Open House (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — Allusive, melodramatic English Manor mystery "The Open House" (1972) is one of my favorite Sir John Appleby mysteries--a slightly hallucinatory murder mystery set in what at first appears to be a fully furnished, but abandoned English manor. ...More…
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The Secret Vanguard (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — Review Although Michael Innes' Buchanesque thriller The Secret Vanguard (1940) is straightforward and predictable, it marks an important turning point in Innes' career. Having written several donnish detective stories of outrageous complexity, ...More…
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Honeybath's Haven (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — Author Michael Innes Dewey Decimal Number 813 EAN 9781842327395 ISBN 1842327399 Number Of Pages 178 Publication Date 2001-01 Release Date 2008-09-23More…
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Appleby Talking (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Not precisely top-flight Appleby I believe I've now read all of the Detective-Inspector Appleby mysteries, faithfully following Innes's best-known character as he worked his way up through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police (New Scotland Yard) ...More…
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Sheiks And Adders (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Snakes and Ladders The plot of "Sheiks and Adders" (1982) might seem very similar to "Death by Water" (1968). In both novels, Sir John Appleby, retired Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (New Scotland Yard) is invited to a new ...More…
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A Family Affair (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Alternate title: A Family Affair The art thefts are as freakish as they are profitable. In the first known instance, someone impersonates a Very Distinguished Royal personage who is known to accept gifts from her hosts--a painting or a piece of mine ...More…
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Appleby's Other Story (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Author Michael Innes Dewey Decimal Number 813 EAN 9781842327203 ISBN 1842327208 Number Of Pages 190 Publication Date 2000-01-01 SKU ST1842327208More…
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The Appleby File (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Vacationing with the Applebys is a dangerous proposition This collection of short stories starring Inspector John Appleby is divided into two sections: "The Appleby File"--seven miscellaneous mysteries; and "Appleby's Holidays"- ...More…
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The Mysterious Commission (Inspector Appleby Mystery)
Amazon.com — Author Michael Innes Dewey Decimal Number 813 EAN 9781842327463 ISBN 1842327461 Number Of Pages 184 Publication Date 2001-01 Release Date 2008-09-23More…