A review by bev_reads_mysteries
Seven Suspects by Michael Innes
4.0
From the back of the book: At St. Anthony's College, Inspector John Appley must contend with academic intrigues, scholarly scandals, and one very clever killer.
Murder in the sanctity of an english university was bad enough; but such a vulgar, ungentlemanly murder--bones scattered about the room, a grotesque drawing of grinning death's-heads scrawled on the wall, and poor President Umpleby's head wrapped in an academic robe--was a serious blot on the college's reputation. In this complex and brilliantly resolved mystery Inspector John Appleby matches withs with some of the smartest--and most devious--suspects he has ever encountered.
My take: My favorite Appleby...with an academic setting! Four and a half stars.
Murder in the sanctity of an english university was bad enough; but such a vulgar, ungentlemanly murder--bones scattered about the room, a grotesque drawing of grinning death's-heads scrawled on the wall, and poor President Umpleby's head wrapped in an academic robe--was a serious blot on the college's reputation. In this complex and brilliantly resolved mystery Inspector John Appleby matches withs with some of the smartest--and most devious--suspects he has ever encountered.
My take: My favorite Appleby...with an academic setting! Four and a half stars.