Michael Innes Books In Order
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Books
Death at the President's Lodging | (1936) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hamlet, Revenge! | (1937) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lament for a Maker | (1938) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stop Press | (1939) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Vanguard | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
There Came Both Mist and Snow | (1940) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby on Ararat | (1941) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Daffodil Affair | (1942) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Weight of the Evidence | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby's End | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Night of Errors | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Pax | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Private View | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby Plays Chicken | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Farewell | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hare Sitting Up | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silence Observed | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Connoisseur's Case | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bloody Wood | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby at Allington | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Family Affair | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death at the Chase | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Awkward Lie | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Open House | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby's Answer | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby's Other Story | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gay Phoenix | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ampersand Papers | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sheiks and Adders | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby and Honeybath | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carson's Conspiracy | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby and the Ospreys | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Collections
Appleby Talking | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby Talks Again | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Appleby File | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Appleby Talks About Crime | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Charles Honeybath Books
The Mysterious Commission | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honeybath's Haven | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lord Mullion's Secret | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Staircase In Surrey Books
The Gaudy | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Young Patullo | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memorial Service | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Madonna of the Astrolabe | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full Term | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Staircase In Surrey Books
Young Patullo | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gaudy | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Memorial Service | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Madonna of the Astrolabe | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Full Term | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
What Happened at Hazelwood | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
From London Far | (1946) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Journeying Boy | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Christmas at Candleshoe | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mark Lambert's Supper | (1954) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man from the Sea | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Guardians | (1955) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Old Hall, New Hall | (1956) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Use of Riches | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The New Sonia Wayward | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Won the Pools | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Tresilians | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Money from Holme | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Acre of Grass | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Change of Heir | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Aylwins | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vanderlyn's Kingdom | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Avery's Mission | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Palace of Art | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mungo's Dream | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going It Alone | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Andrew and Tobias | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Villa in France | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Open Prison | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Naylors | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cucumber Sandwiches | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our England is a Garden | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bridge at Arta | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Aunt Christina and Other Stories | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Parlour Four and Other Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Educating the Emotions | (1944) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Character and Motive in Shakespeare | (1949) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
James Joyce | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eight Modern Writers | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thomas Love Peacock | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rudyard Kipling | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Joseph Conrad | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shakespeare's Lofty Scene | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Michael Innes was one of the greater writers who have ever lived. His real name was John Innes Mackintosh Stewart and he was born on September 30, 1906.He died in the year 1994.Micheal Innes took his education from the academy of Oriel College and Edinburgh located in Oxford. He did his B.A. Honours in English in the year 1928 and the nest two years he spent by visiting Austria and Germany. Michael has worked diligently on the translation of Montaigne’s Essays in the year 1929 for which he got the prestigious Fraser scholarship by Oriel.
In the year 1929, Michael joined the Leeds University. Michael Innes wrote “Death at the President’s Lodging” in just six weeks. This was an enthralling and exclusive books written by Michael Innes and was published in the year 1936.Although he later wrote under his name, but as far as his work is concerned he is better known by his pseudonym, Innes.
The contribution made by Michael Innes is incredible in the world of English Literature as he is the greatest classic crime fiction writers giving 45 novels in his career of 50 years.
It is very surprising to know that Michael Innes had a career in police too. Michael married Judith and he always wanted to become a farmer after his retirement. At this time of his career, Michael wrote a number of stand-alone mysteries and we also see the appearance of Appleby as the assistant commissioner of police at none other than the famous Scotland Yard.
Death at the President’s lodging
This book is based on the murder of the president. An inspector by the name of Appleby is called at St. Anthony’s College. The president has been murdered in his lodging in this college. Everybody is taken by surprise when they come to know that the President was killed by only those people who had the opportunity to visit the most popular place the Orchard ground. This Orchard ground is locked at night and the keys for this ground are only with the fellows of the college.
Hamlet, Revenge!
This book is about the murder of Lord Chancellor of England. The murder takes place at the climax of a presentation of Hamlet where the character of Polonius is very important. The names of some of the very popular names in the country are mentioned by inspector Appleby which unearths the grave suspicion.
Appleby’s End
This story is based on the one of the inspectors who works in a detective agency. Applebys End is a popular station in Scotland Yard where the said inspector happens to get down from the train. got down from the train. This is not the only thing which comes as a coincidence and the event which takes place later are all related to stories by the famous Victorian novelist Ranulph Raven. There are many interesting things in this story like the marble effigies taking the place of animals, people getting the tombstones which are telling them that they would die.
The Daffodil Affair
This story is based on the horse by the name of Daffodil. This horse belongs to inspector Appleby’s aunt who gets highly disappointed when she comes to know that her horse is missing from her stable which is located in Harrogate. This horse is gifted and has very good numerical skills. Then there is an instance in the story where a young girl is enticed and taken to an undisclosed isle by a gentleman. In addition, there is also an episode where a haunted house in Bloomsbury goes missing due to which the policemen are in a state of shock and they start searching for a connection. In the end, the Appleby and Hudspeth are able to know the whereabouts of Daffodil and Lucy and we found them indulged in an exciting project which leads them to a jungle in South America.
Writing style of Michael Innes
Michael Innes had his own style of writing. His writing was colorful as well as urbane which is not usual as far as crime fictions concerned. His writing style also involved heavy dialogues along with verbal exchanges and characters which were well rounded. The usual whodunit plot was never a part of the writing style of Michael Innes. As far as the creation of the fresh and non-stereotyped character was concerned Michael got success with the writing of his famous book “Appleby” which also made him capable of making a niche for himself in the detective fiction work.
Another great work of Michael Innes is “Stop Press” which was published in 1939.This book is interesting as the main character of the story is a writer who has written 37 books about a good guy known as The Spider who becomes a criminal. Eventually, the author is feeling sick of his own work and wants to kill himself. However, he cannot do so as there are many people who depend on his creation. The sister of Appleby, Patricia is a popular character in this story.
Around the World War II and afterward the Cold War Innes wrote many novels which had secret formulae, spies and long chases around the areas of Scotland and Ireland. As far as the knowledge of art is concerned Michael Innes has able to prove it in his Honey bath novels. Appleby is one of the main characters used by Michael Innes as no other character could replace him.
After this, we have “Christmas at Candle shoe” written by Michael Innes. In this story, Disney is showing buying the Candle shoe as a vehicle for Jodie Foster. The boy hero in this story is changed to a girl.
Thus we see that Michael Innes is a fantastic and extraordinary writer in the history of crime fiction. He always won the heart of his fans with the ambiance, characters and the deep suspicion in his stories. The majority of the books written by Michael Innes is in a class of their own and involves you from the inner core of your heart. You actually feel that you are one of the characters as the message conveyed by Michael Innes is very deep. If you really want to go for crime fictions then Michael Innes is the ideal choice.
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