Michael Innes

Kŏng-suk Sin

Der Roman einer Suche- mitfühlend und wunderbar geschrieben. Er führt uns über die scheinbar exotische Welt des ländlichen Korea zu unseren eigenen Wurzeln - und lässt uns das universelle Wunder der Liebe zwischen Eltern und Kindern neu begreifen. (verso).

Roman

Als Mutter verschwand

Death at the President's Lodging

Ein Schuss im Schnee

Mysterious treasure lies hidden somewhere within Candleshoe Manor, and many adventures unfold before it is found

Candleshoe

Appleby's Answer (Inspector Appleby Mysteries)

An assorted party of guests have gathered at Charne, home of Charles Martineau and his ailing wife, Grace, including Sir John Appleby and his wife, Judith. When Charles and Grace die on the same day, foul play is suspected.

The Bloody Wood

When an American multi-millionaire is keen to buy an Elizabethan manor, she comes up against fierce opposition from a young boy, Jay, and his band of bowmen. It seems that behind a monumental, seventeenth-century carving lies a hoard of treasure.

Christmas at Candleshoe

Stunning Belrive Priory, consisting of a mansion, park and medieval ruins, is surrounded by the noise and neon signs of its gaudy neighbours - a cotton-mill, a brewey and a main road. Nevertheless, Arthur Ferryman is pleased to return for a family Christmas, but is shocked to discover that his cousins have taken up a new pastime - pistol-shooting. Inspector Appleby arrives on the scene when one of Ferryman's cousins is found shot dead in the study, in a mystery built on family antagonisms.

There Came Both Mist and Snow

Sir John Appleby's son, Bobby, assumes his father's detective role in this baffling crime. When Bobby finds a dead man, in a bunker on a golf course, he notices something rather strange - the first finger of the man's right hand is missing.

An Awkward Lie

A gruelling night of shrouded motives and confused identities develops when the last of the Dromios is found murdered, with both of his hands burnt off. Inspector Appleby wrenches the facts from a melodrama in which the final solution is written in fire.

A Night Of Errors

Lewis Packford, the great Shakespearean scholar, was thought to have discovered a book annotated by the Bard - but there is no trace of this valuable object when Packford apparently commits suicide. Sir John Appleby finds a mixed bag of suspects at the dead man's house.

The Long Farewell

The Case of Sonia Wayward

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 first, David suspects suicide—until he spots a stranger on the moor. At the sound of gunfire, David flees for his life. Once Inspector Appleby heads to the moors, it seems as if Scotland Yard's most respected detective might have the matter in hand. But things go south when Appleby discovers the corpse on the moor has been swapped with another dead body. With the investigation underway, are Appleby and David bound to become victims of some perilous game? Praise for Michael Innes and the Inspector Appleby series "Wickedly witty." — Daily Mail "As farfetched and literary as Sayers." — The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction

Death on a Quiet Day

Innes presents another mystery that will keep readers at the edges of their seats as Sir John Appleby visits Allington Park, a partially restored estate dating back to the reign of Charles I, and finds a dead man in a gazebo. So beings a chain of events surrounding more deaths, adding up to what, in Sir John's words, "that chap in Baker Street called a two-pipe mystery".

Death by Water

The forbears of Sir John Jory, of New Hall, would seem to have committed several foul acts, including tomb-robbery and murder. Old Hall, the family's former residence, is now a University. Biographer Colin Clout gets caught up in a frenzied treasure hunt.

A Question of Queens

Old Hall, New Hall

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 William Shakespeare: “Farewell, a long farewell.” Police believe Packford died from suicide, but Sir John Appleby, head of Scotland Yard and Packford’s friend, disagrees. When Appleby arrives at the scholar’s country house in Dorset, he meets an array of academics and bibliophiles who were all present the night of the murder. Suspects include Packford’s brother, who stands to inherit the house, and Packford’s two secret wives, who recently learned of each other’s existence. As the secrets pile up, the erudite Appleby must get to the bottom of things before the killer forces anyone else to say goodbye for good. “A model of the deft, classic detective story, told in the most wittily diverting prose.” —The New York Times

The Case of the Journeying Boy

Humphrey Paxton has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, Mr Thewless, suggests he might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security.

The Journeying Boy

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 for recently murdered artist Gavin Limbert, his interest is piqued, to say the least. Especially when Limbert’s latest masterpiece is stolen from the gallery right under his nose. But this is no matter for Scotland Yard’s most brilliant inspector. Once Appleby puts his clever mind to the case, he’ll follow every twist and turn in this mystery until he uncovers the astonishing truth. Praise for Michael Innes and the Inspector Appleby series “Wickedly witty.” —Daily Mail “As farfetched and literary as Sayers.” —The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction

A Private View

George Gadberry, 'resting actor', packs his bags and heads for obscurity when the Tax Inspector beckons. Then he receives a mysterious invitation and a proposition that could lead to enormous riches. Wealthy imbiber, Nicholas Comberford, wants George to impersonate him in order to secure a place in the will of fabulously affluent Great-Aunt Prudence, who lives in a Cistercian monastery and won't allow a single drop of liquor in the place. Gadberry's luck seems to have changed - but at what cost?

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