The Appleby file
detective stories
by Michael Innes · 1975
Popularity 10
A collection of short stories about the varied adventures of Sir John Appleby, Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (and, later, retired), which shows his creator in top form, metaphorically producing rabbits from hats, & sawing girls in half with the expertise of a Houdini.
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