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Appleby Talks

23 Detective Stories

Michael Innes

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English
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
09 October 2024
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 Age fiction, Appleby sits down with pipe in hand to spin tales from the jewel heist he foiled as a precocious teen to the myriad of fascinating cases brought before him as one of the most respected detectives of Scotland Yard. There's the account of Arbuthnot, a novelist who becomes part of a sordid tale himself when his crazy wife's lover is found dead on his living room floor. Or the case of the murdered anatomy professor discovered in place of the missing cadaver in his lesson plan. Also included is the not-to-be-missed fair play mystery ""Dead Man's Shoes,"" a puzzle only Inspector Appleby-and his most astute readers-can solve. So pull up a pub chair and a pint, or a blanket and a pot of tea, and join crime fiction's dazzlingly smart detective as he wittily discloses his investigative prowess during his intriguing, often absurd, but always entertaining career as one of Scotland Yard's best.

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
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Imprint:   Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Country of Publication:   United States
Volume:   Volume 14
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 139mm, 
ISBN:   9781504092753
ISBN 10:   1504092759
Pages:   244
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Michael Innes (19061994) was the pseudonym of John Innes MacKintosh ""J.I.M."" Stewart. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotlandeducated at Oxford, and taught English at universities in the UK and Australia. Writing as J.I.M. Stewart he published a number of scholarly works, mainly critical studies of authors, including Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling, as well as more than twenty works of fiction and a memoir. As Michael Innes, he published numerous mystery novels and short story collections, most featuring the Scotland Yard detective Inspector John Appleby.

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