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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Stop Press

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 4 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A London detective investigates after a fictional character seems to come to life to harass his creator in this classic British mystery.Richard Eliot began writing crime novels to fund his son's education. The protagonist, known as "the Spider," started off as a notorious criminal and later transformed into a private investigator. Now, after thirty-eight entries in the series, Eliot is considering ... 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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  • Operation Pax

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 12 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    In this chilling classic British mystery thriller, a Scotland Yard inspector and his sister search for her missing fiancé in a city of vanishing people.Petty con man Alfred Routh thinks a place like Milton Manor outside Oxford will have something nice to steal. When he learns what is inside, however, he is desperate to steal away with his life . . .Meanwhile, Sir John Appleby from Scotland Yard is ... 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

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  • Hamlet, Revenge!

    by Michael Innes ...
    Series Book 2 - The Inspector Appleby Mysteries
    A Scotland Yard detective probes a high-society house party for someone rotten when a government official is murdered in this classic British mystery.Preparations are underway for a grand party at Scamnum Court, the sweeping English country estate of the fabulously wealthy Duke of Horton. Some of the nation's elite are invited for dinner, and some are even set to star in a semi-amateur production ... 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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  • 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

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus