Inspector Appleby: The Gay Phoenix (Paperback)

from themulhern

A lightweight effort by Michael Innes. Appleby investigates but just barely. The psychological aspect is really not all that interesting. The humour is mildly amusing. However, I learned that joss, as in in joss stick, is derived from the Latin word deus. The author uses the word "constatation" w...

from JBD1

A barely-mysterious mystery; Appleby doesn't really do much here, though there are some pretty amusing moments and set pieces spread throughout. A good quick read.

from NinieB

A somewhat unusual Appleby: Appleby is intermittently in the story; he does some detecting; but long stretches are with Arthur Povey, who (when the story opens) is floating in a boat in the middle of the Pacific with the body of his dead brother Charles.

from bohemima

This book shines in both execution and in characterization. And that's saying a lot. I've read three books this year with the plot line of this book: Two people are in a fraught relationship. In isolated circumstances one is killed by accident. The other takes over the dead person's identity, w...

from bohemima

This book shines in both execution and in characterization. And that's saying a lot. I've read three books this year with the plot line of this book: Two people are in a fraught relationship. In isolated circumstances one is killed by accident. The other takes over the dead person's identity, w...