A review by lauraborkpower
Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes

3.0

I'm glad to have discovered Innes and his terrific detective inspector Appleby, and I quite enjoyed this mystery, although the reveal wasn't as exciting as I'd have liked it to be. But the setting was great (a crime that takes place in a secluded, locked courtyard, inhabited only by the president and a number of professors, on the campus of a private English university. I mean, that's perfect, right?). The plot was convoluted but a lot of fun and the characters were a terrific group of nerdy academics. The narrator is also spot-on and I'm disappointed that he doesn't read all of the Innes novels on Audible (And I'm also tremendously disappointed that they don't have the second Appleby book. If you're going to have the first, have the second! Some people [me] are maniacs and can't skip around in a series!).