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  • Death at the President's Lodging

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 1 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A Scotland Yard inspector holds the key when a college professor is shot behind a series of locked gates in this classic British mystery series opener.The usually quiet campus of St. Anthony's College is abuzz with talk of murder. Someone shot Prof. Josiah Umpleby, the college's president, in his room during the night. Word spreads all the way to London, and Insp. John Appleby of New Scotland Yard ... Read more

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  • The Secret Vanguard

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 5 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A Scotland Yard detective investigates a peculiar case of murder, poetry, kidnapping, and German spies in this classic British wartime thriller.Insp. John Appleby is puzzled by the death of Philip Ploss. Who would want to kill such a harmless, quiet man known for writing mid-level nature poetry? . . .Poetry is what Sheila Grant overhears two men discussing on a train outside Edinburgh. Their whole ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Long Farewell

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 17 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    The head of Scotland Yard probes the suspicious death of a Shakespearean scholar with a collection of secrets in this classic British mystery.Lewis Packford, an Elizabethan scholar, is found shot in his library. It was rumored Packford recently acquired a book annotated by the Bard, but the book is nowhere to be seen. What is beside him, however, is a note that—as Packford was wont to do—quotes ... Read more

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  • A Private View

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 13 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    From a British Golden Age author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," Sir John Appleby solves an art world crime ( The Times Literary Supplement).When Sir John Appleby is persuaded by Lady Appleby to attend an art exhibit, he believes he is only appeasing his wife, a sculptress herself, and quite the art collector, too. But when Appleby learns the show is a memorial exhibition ... Read more

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  • Rachel Weeping

    Rachel Weeping is a contemporary drama that explores the theme of motherhood, loss and forgiveness through the experience of three victims of a horrible accident. This job was money. It was the roof over her head. It was what kept her parents alive and what allowed her to remain in South Africa legally. She knew how hard it was to find stable work, especially as a domestic worker when there were ... Read more

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  • Lament for a Maker

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 3 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A London detective investigates when a troubled Scottish laird takes a fall in this classic British mystery by the author of Hamlet, Revenge!.Strange things are happening around the remote Castle Erchany, located in the Scottish Highlands. The miserly and reclusive laird, Ranald Guthrie, roams the castle's freezing halls, reciting an old poem over and over: Timor mortis conturbat me. Fear of ... Read more

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  • Death on a Quiet Day

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 16 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    From a British Golden Age author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," Scotland Yard Inspector Appleby helps a student solve a murder ( The Times Literary Supplement).On holiday in the English countryside with his fellow university students, young David Henchman sets out alone for a hike across the moor. But instead of finding tranquil solitude, he stumbles upon a dead body. At ... Read more

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  • Appleby's End

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 10 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A Scotland Yard detective is snowed in with a strange family and a killer with a lethal passion for literature in this classic British mystery.Something's afoot in the village of Snarl. Incidents include animals turned to stone and ominous tombstones inscribed with deaths yet to come. Det. Insp. John Appleby is travelling by train from London to consult on the case. However, impending his arrival ... Read more

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  • The Weight of the Evidence

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 9 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    An erudite Scotland Yard detective investigates after a professor meets a hellish end with a heavenly body in this classic British mystery.When Professor Pluckrose is found dead in his deckchair on the campus of a provincial English university, it looks as though the eminent biochemist was struck by a falling meteorite. But this was no act of God—the stone was dropped from a nearby tower.With the ... Read more

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  • Appleby Talks Again

    18 Detective Stories

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 15 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    From a British mystery author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," eighteen classic crime stories, perfect for astute armchair detectives ( The Times Literary Supplement).Scandal is at stake for London's fashionable society when Edwardian playwright Richard Dangerfield's sordid diary falls into the hands of a blackmailer. Though Dangerfield is long dead, those who consorted with ... Read more

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  • Hare Sitting Up

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 18 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    Scotland Yard's director and a school headmaster team up to find a missing biological warfare expert in this classic, Cold War–era mystery thriller.At the height of the Cold War, one of Britain's top-secret scientists is missing. Prof. Howard Juniper was last seen leaving his lab where he conducted research on biological warfare. What's even more troubling is he may have a virulent, deadly sample ... Read more

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  • Appleby Talks

    23 Detective Stories

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 14 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    From a British crime author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," twenty-three short mysteries featuring the brilliant Inspector Appleby ( The Times Literary Supplement).It appears Inspector Appleby is ready to tell all in this must-read collection of twenty-three short stories from acclaimed Scottish mystery author Michael Innes. One of the most discerning detectives of Golden ... Read more

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