John Innes Mackintosh Stewart was born in Edinburgh, educated at Oxford, and taught English in universities all over the world. His scholarly career includes successful works on Rudyard Kipling and Thomas Hardy, but he is better known as mystery writer Michael Innes, whose legendary character, Inspector John Appleby, inspired a lasting vogue for donnish detective fiction.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Inspector Appleby
1. Death At the President's Lodging (1936)
aka Seven Suspects
2. Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
3. Lament for a Maker (1938)
4. Stop Press (1939)
aka The Spider Strikes
5. The Secret Vanguard (1940)
6. There Came Both Mist and Snow (1940)
aka A Comedy of Terrors
7. Appleby On Ararat (1941)
8. The Daffodil Affair (1942)
9. The Weight of the Evidence (1943)
10. Appleby's End (1945)
11. A Night of Errors (1947)
12. Operation Pax (1951)
aka The Paper Thunderbolt
13. A Private View (1952)
aka One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art
14. Appleby Talking (1954)
aka Dead Man's Shoes
15. Appleby Talks Again (1956)
16. Death On a Quiet Day (1957)
aka Appleby Plays Chicken
17. The Long Farewell (1958)
18. Hare Sitting Up (1959)
19. Silence Observed (1961)
20. A Connoisseur's Case (1962)
aka The Crabtree Affair
21. The Bloody Wood (1966)
22. Appleby At Allington (1968)
aka Death By Water
23. A Family Affair (1969)
24. Death At the Chase (1970)
25. An Awkward Lie (1971)
26. The Open House (1972)
27. Appleby's Answer (1973)
28. Appleby's Other Story (1974)
29. The Appleby File (1975)
30. The Gay Phoenix (1976)
31. The Ampersand Papers (1978)
32. Sheiks and Adders (1982)
33. Appleby and Honeybath (1983)
34. Carson's Conspiracy (1984)
35. Appleby and the Ospreys (1986)
36. Appleby Talks About Crime (2010)
Appleby Talks (2023)
1. Death At the President's Lodging (1936)
aka Seven Suspects
2. Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)
3. Lament for a Maker (1938)
4. Stop Press (1939)
aka The Spider Strikes
5. The Secret Vanguard (1940)
6. There Came Both Mist and Snow (1940)
aka A Comedy of Terrors
7. Appleby On Ararat (1941)
8. The Daffodil Affair (1942)
9. The Weight of the Evidence (1943)
10. Appleby's End (1945)
11. A Night of Errors (1947)
12. Operation Pax (1951)
aka The Paper Thunderbolt
13. A Private View (1952)
aka One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art
14. Appleby Talking (1954)
aka Dead Man's Shoes
15. Appleby Talks Again (1956)
16. Death On a Quiet Day (1957)
aka Appleby Plays Chicken
17. The Long Farewell (1958)
18. Hare Sitting Up (1959)
19. Silence Observed (1961)
20. A Connoisseur's Case (1962)
aka The Crabtree Affair
21. The Bloody Wood (1966)
22. Appleby At Allington (1968)
aka Death By Water
23. A Family Affair (1969)
24. Death At the Chase (1970)
25. An Awkward Lie (1971)
26. The Open House (1972)
27. Appleby's Answer (1973)
28. Appleby's Other Story (1974)
29. The Appleby File (1975)
30. The Gay Phoenix (1976)
31. The Ampersand Papers (1978)
32. Sheiks and Adders (1982)
33. Appleby and Honeybath (1983)
34. Carson's Conspiracy (1984)
35. Appleby and the Ospreys (1986)
36. Appleby Talks About Crime (2010)
Appleby Talks (2023)
Charles Honeybath
The Mysterious Commission (1974)
Honeybath's Haven (1977)
Lord Mullion's Secret (1981)
The Mysterious Commission (1974)
Honeybath's Haven (1977)
Lord Mullion's Secret (1981)
Staircase in Surrey (as by J I M Stewart)
1. The Gaudy (1974)
2. Young Pattullo (1975)
3. Memorial Service (1976)
4. The Madonna of The Astrolabe (1977)
5. Full Term (1978)
1. The Gaudy (1974)
2. Young Pattullo (1975)
3. Memorial Service (1976)
4. The Madonna of The Astrolabe (1977)
5. Full Term (1978)
Novels
From London Far (1946)
aka The Unsuspected Chasm
What Happened At Hazelwood? (1946)
The Journeying Boy (1949)
aka The Case of the Journeying Boy
Candleshoe (1953)
aka Christmas At Candleshoe
Mark Lambert's Supper (1954) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Guardians (1955) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Man from the Sea (1955)
aka Death By Moonlight
Old Hall, New Hall (1956)
aka A Question of Queens
A Use of Riches (1957) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Case of Sonia Wayward (1960)
aka The New Sonia Wayward
The Man Who Won The Pools (1961) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Last Tresilian (1963) (as by J I M Stewart)
Money from Holme (1964)
An Acre of Grass (1965) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Aylwins (1966) (as by J I M Stewart)
A Change of Heir (1966)
Vanderlyn's Kingdom (1967) (as by J I M Stewart)
Avery's Mission (1971) (as by J I M Stewart)
A Palace of Art (1972) (as by J I M Stewart)
Mungo's Dream (1972) (as by J I M Stewart)
Andrew and Tobias (1980) (as by J I M Stewart)
Going It Alone (1980)
A Villa In France (1982) (as by J I M Stewart)
Open Prison (1984) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Naylors (1985) (as by J I M Stewart)
aka The Unsuspected Chasm
What Happened At Hazelwood? (1946)
The Journeying Boy (1949)
aka The Case of the Journeying Boy
Candleshoe (1953)
aka Christmas At Candleshoe
Mark Lambert's Supper (1954) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Guardians (1955) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Man from the Sea (1955)
aka Death By Moonlight
Old Hall, New Hall (1956)
aka A Question of Queens
A Use of Riches (1957) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Case of Sonia Wayward (1960)
aka The New Sonia Wayward
The Man Who Won The Pools (1961) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Last Tresilian (1963) (as by J I M Stewart)
Money from Holme (1964)
An Acre of Grass (1965) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Aylwins (1966) (as by J I M Stewart)
A Change of Heir (1966)
Vanderlyn's Kingdom (1967) (as by J I M Stewart)
Avery's Mission (1971) (as by J I M Stewart)
A Palace of Art (1972) (as by J I M Stewart)
Mungo's Dream (1972) (as by J I M Stewart)
Andrew and Tobias (1980) (as by J I M Stewart)
Going It Alone (1980)
A Villa In France (1982) (as by J I M Stewart)
Open Prison (1984) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Naylors (1985) (as by J I M Stewart)
Collections
Three tales of Hamlet (1950) (with Rayner Heppenstall)
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories (1959) (as by J I M Stewart)
Cucumber Sandwiches (1969) (as by J I M Stewart)
Our England is a Garden and Other Stories (1979) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Bridge at Arta (1981) (as by J I M Stewart)
My Aunt Christina and other stories (1983) (as by J I M Stewart)
Parlour 4 and other stories (1984) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories (1959) (as by J I M Stewart)
Cucumber Sandwiches (1969) (as by J I M Stewart)
Our England is a Garden and Other Stories (1979) (as by J I M Stewart)
The Bridge at Arta (1981) (as by J I M Stewart)
My Aunt Christina and other stories (1983) (as by J I M Stewart)
Parlour 4 and other stories (1984) (as by J I M Stewart)
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Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Michael Innes
Who Killed Father Christmas? (2023)
And Other Seasonal Mysteries
(British Library Crime Classics)
edited by
Martin Edwards
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