Appleby's End

By Michael Innes

Appleby's End was the name of the station where Detective Inspector John Appleby got off the train from Scotland Yard. But that was not the only coincidence. Everything that happened from then on related back to stories by Ranulph Raven, Victorian novelist - animals were replaced by marble effigies, someone received a tombstone telling him when he would die, and a servant was found buried up to his neck in snow, dead. Why did Ranulph Raven's mysterious descendants make such a point of inviting Appleby to spend the night at their house?

• Language: English
• Publisher: House of Stratus
• Release date: Feb 20, 2010
• ISBN: 9780755120840

Reviews for Appleby's End

[themulhern · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of Innes' best. The opening paragraphs are hugely entertaining and the entire first chapter is hilarious. Whimsical and not at all grim; another of Innes' celebrations of literary England.

[jbd1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Seems like more than a bit of Cold Comfort Farm snuck into this very odd Appleby tale. Quite a strange installment in the series.

[leslie398 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

If you can put up with the writing style, which is erudite to the point of pretention, and have a taste for the bizarre, then Innes will be your cup of tea.While I am generally not sure I do like the writing style, I do appreciate the references and the plots always intrigue me. This one doesn't disappoint and there is a twist in the last sentence!