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From a British Golden Age author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," Scotland Yard Inspector Appleby helps a student solve a murder ( The Times Literary Supplement ). On holiday in the English countryside with his fellow university students, young David Henchman... Read Full Overview

When young student David Henchman decides to escape his boisterous classmates by spending a day in the country, he doesn't count on coming across a man with a bullet hole in his head. Now it is up to the intuitive Sir John Appleby to solve the ingenious crime. Originally published... Read Full Overview

David realised that he had tumbled in upon something that was not merely a mess... He had tumbled in upon a mystery. Desperate for some time away from his rowdy peers, David Henchman heads out of Oxford for a hike across Dartmoor. Relishing the peace and quiet, the last thing... Read Full Overview