Inspector Appleby: Operation Pax : The Paper Thunderbolt (Paperback)

from RedQueen

Con-men, scientists, Oxford dons & students and a gang of small children. Innes is always a delight & the Appleby books are my favorites. Golden Age mystery with enough twists to keep them from being too dated. Not quite a cozy, but close - and worth the time.

from JBD1

There's something about finally digging into the works of an author who's been long recommended to you but whose books just never quite seem to turn up when you want them. Several folks have suggested Michael Innes' Inspector Appleby novels to me over the years, so I was delighted to stumble acro...

from themulhern

Another of Innes' best. The opening chapters place you immediately in the mind of the character who precipitates the rest of the action, an unfortunate and ignoble deserter. The majority of the other characters in the novel have also been affected by WWII in one way or the other. The betrayal at ...

from themulhern

Another of Innes' best. The opening chapters place you immediately in the mind of the character who precipitates the rest of the action, an unfortunate and ignoble deserter. The majority of the other characters in the novel have also been affected by WWII in one way or the other. The betrayal at ...