{"product_id":"the-daffodil-affair-volume-8-paperback","title":"The Daffodil Affair: Volume 8 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Innes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Scotland Yard detective probes a string of strange disappearances and paranormal phenomena in this classic British mystery adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Insp. John Appleby has his hands full. It begins when his aunt's horse, Daffodil, disappears from her stable in Harrogate. Meanwhile, Appleby's colleague, Superintendent Hudspith, is searching for a missing young woman by the name of Lucy Rideout. But the most bizarre case is the vanishing of a supposedly haunted house in Bloomsbury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Working together, the puzzled policemen soon find the cases are connected. But what exactly is going on? The answer to that question lies with a madman in the Amazonian jungle . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Michael Innes and Inspector Appleby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Innes is in a class by himself among detective story writers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As farfetched and literary as Sayers.\" --\u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Crime Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A first-rate piece of work, intelligent, well-written, elaborate and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Revenge!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Innes (1906-1994) was the pseudonym of John Innes MacKintosh \"J.I.M.\" Stewart. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotlandeducated at Oxford, and taught English at universities in the UK and Australia. Writing as J.I.M. Stewart he published a number of scholarly works, mainly critical studies of authors, including Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling, as well as more than twenty works of fiction and a memoir. As Michael Innes, he published numerous mystery novels and short story collections, most featuring the Scotland Yard detective Inspector John Appleby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752553939232,"sku":"9781504092432","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/59b93bb2ca474352ea9aae52e5800d1e.webp?v=1779998612","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-daffodil-affair-volume-8-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}