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  • APPLEBY TALKS AGAIN
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    APPLEBY TALKS AGAIN
    MICHAEL INNES
    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, thos...

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  • APPLEBY TALKS
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    APPLEBY TALKS
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 de...

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  • A PRIVATE VIEW
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    A PRIVATE VIEW
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 m...

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  • DEATH ON A QUIET DAY
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    DEATH ON A QUIET DAY
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 up...

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  • A NIGHT OF ERRORS
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    A NIGHT OF ERRORS
    MICHAEL INNES
    An ex–Scotland Yard inspector is pulled out of retirement to investigate a murder and a family's fiery legacy in this classic British mystery. Sir John Appleby has left Scotland Yard behind to retire to the country—but there's no escaping crime. In the middle of a hot summer night, he is woken up by a phone call. Inspector Hyland of the Sherris Magna police is in dire need of a...

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  • OPERATION PAX
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    OPERATION PAX
    MICHAEL INNES
    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...

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  • THE LONG FAREWELL
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    THE LONG FAREWELL
    MICHAEL INNES
    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...

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  • HARE SITTING UP
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    HARE SITTING UP
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 vir...

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  • THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE
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    THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 n...

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  • THERE CAME BOTH MIST AND SNOW
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    THERE CAME BOTH MIST AND SNOW
    MICHAEL INNES
    A Scotland Yard detective investigates when gunfire disrupts an aristocratic family's Christmas celebrations in this classic British mystery. The relatives of Sir Basil Roper are gathering to celebrate Christmas at the family's ancestral home in Yorkshire. While the ancient estate has remained unchanged for centuries, the surrounding area now features neon signs, a textile mill...

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  • APPLEBY'S END
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    APPLEBY'S END
    MICHAEL INNES
    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, i...

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  • DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT'S LODGING
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    DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT'S LODGING
    MICHAEL INNES
    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...

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  • STOP PRESS
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    STOP PRESS
    MICHAEL INNES
    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,...

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  • HAMLET, REVENGE!
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    HAMLET, REVENGE!
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 sem...

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  • THE SECRET VANGUARD
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    THE SECRET VANGUARD
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 ...

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  • LAMENT FOR A MAKER
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    LAMENT FOR A MAKER
    MICHAEL INNES
    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 contur...

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  • BOSNIAN SECURITY AFTER DAYTON
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    BOSNIAN SECURITY AFTER DAYTON
    INNES, MICHAEL A.
    Featuring fresh contributions from leading scholars, this new volume considers a varied range of post-war, post-Dayton and post-9/11 problems and issues, reminding readers that Dayton is not the only challenge to the safety, stability, and long-term viability of the post-war Bosnian state. Drawing together all the latest research, this book covers new ground in its discussion o...

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