Michael InnesMystery · Fiction·1906–1994
Appleby's End
Synopsis
Detective Inspector John Appleby finds himself at a remote station called Appleby's End, a coincidence that quickly leads him into a bizarre mystery. Everything he encounters seems to mirror the works of a Victorian novelist, Ranulph Raven, from marble animal effigies to a servant found dead in the snow. Appleby must uncover why Raven's descendants have invited him to their home and what connection these strange events have to the author's stories.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10

