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There are fifteen stories in this compelling collection, including: Poltergeist - when Appleby's wife tells him that her aunt is experiencing trouble with a Poltergeist, he is amused but dismissive, until he discovers that several priceless artefacts have been smashed as a result; A Question of Confidence - when Bobby Appleby's friend, Brian Button, is caught up in a scandalous murder in Oxford, Bobby's famous detective father is their first port of call; The Ascham - an abandoned car on a show more narrow lane intrigues Appleby and his wife, but even more intriguing is the medieval castle they stumble upon. show lessTags
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A collection of short stories featuring Appleby. Some good, but others seemed a bit repetitive, with just the names changed.
Mysteries as a genre may be better in short story form; certainly several mystery writers are for me more enjoyable for their short stories, and Innes is one of them. This is actually a combination of two groups of stories.
SEL writes (on bookplate, flyleaf left) Light, Learned and FUNNY! Deliberately 'overdone' details.
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John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was born in Edinburgh. He attended Oxford where he studied English. He taught English in universities at the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. Stewart published novels, short stories, studies in literature, biographies, and plays. Under his name, he wrote scholarly works such as Character and Motive in show more Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, and Thomas Hardy. As Michael Innes, he wrote over fifty detective novels with Inspector John Appleby of Scotland Yard in London as the main character. These titles include Death at the President's Lodging, The Journeying Boy, Lament for a Maker, Operation Pax, the Crabtree Affair and Silence Observed. Stewart died on November 12, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1975
- People/Characters
- John Appleby
- First words
- 'I won't swear,' Appleby said, 'that we haven't been mildly rash.'
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'However commodious one's cupboards, it's wise to clear out the family skeletons from time to time.'
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