APPLEBY AND THE OSPREYS

Innes, Michael

ISBN 10: 039608950X / ISBN 13: 9780396089506

Published by Dodd Mead, New York, 1987

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Prior owner name front endpaper, toned; At Clusters, one of the great country houses, and Sir John Appleby has been invited to spend a few days as the guest of Lord and Lady Osprey. But soon Appleby faces the challenge of discovering who killed Lord Osprey, found in the library, stabbed with an oriental dagger. ; 8.3 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 185 pages Very Good pages. Printing process has crinkled the first few pages. Jacket with light rubbing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: APPLEBY AND THE OSPREYS
• Publisher: Dodd Mead, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039608950X
• ISBN 13: 9780396089506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery & Suspense::I - J

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Synopsis

Sir John Appleby, sometime commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, faces the challenge of solving a murder after Lord Osprey of Clusters is stabbed with an oriental dagger

Reviews

Esteemed British scholar J. I. M. Stewart writes his witty, ingenious mysteries as Innes, whose indefatigable sleuth is Sir John Appleby. Although retired, Appleby immerses himself in the murder of Lord Oliver Osprey, as requested by the victim's widow. The detective and his wife had met weekend guests at the Ospreys' splendid county home, where a bat infestation was deplored by Miss Minnychip and other Dickensian types. Uninterested in the flying rodents, Appleby concentrates on Osprey's valuable coin collection, missing after his fatal stabbing. Questioning Mr. Broadwater, Lady Osprey's brother, saturnine son Adrian and all those present, the detective has definite suspicions but no solid evidence. It's a surprise to him when the pesky bats play a stunning role, confirming his intuitions and trapping the criminal.
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