*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Michael Innes was the pen name of John Innes Mackintosh Stewart. Between 1936 and 1986, he published nearly fifty crime novels and short story collections. These abound in literary allusions and in what critics have variously described as “mischievous wit”, “exuberant fancy” and a “tongue-in-cheek propensity” for intriguing turns of phrase. The best-known of Innes’s detective creations is Sir John Appleby, who is introduced in Death at the President’s Lodging, in which he is a Detective Inspector at Scotland Yard. Appleby features in many of the later novels and short stories. We have five of Innes’s novels fresh in this week in Penguin Green Crime editions. Further details, including condition notes, may be viewed in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY MICHAEL INNES ALL SOLD
THE DAFFODIL AFFAIR Penguin 1964 1st UK PB VG £5
DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT’S LODGING Penguin 1964 4th UK PB VG £4
HAMLET, REVENGE! Penguin 1964 3rd UK PB GD/VG £5
THE JOURNEYING BOY Penguin 1964 2nd UK PB VG/FN £5
SILENCE OBSERVED Penguin 1966 2nd UK PB GD £3