Appleby and the Ospreys — Michael Innes

Available to download for the very first time, the fantastic Inspector Appleby series by celebrated crime writer Michael Innes.

Clusters, a great country house, is troubled by bats, as Lord and Lady Osprey complain to their guests, who include first rate detective, Sir John Appleby. In the matter of bats, Appleby is indifferent, but he is soon faced with a real challenge - the murder of Lord Osprey, stabbed with an ornate dagger in the library.

Legendary character Inspector John Appleby of Scotland Yard inspired a lasting vogue for donnish detective fiction. Innes''s detective novels are playfully highbrow and rich in allusions to English literature and to Renaissance art.