A Connoisseur's Case is a 1962 detective novel by the British writer Michael Innes.[1] It is the eighteenth in his series featuring John Appleby of Scotland Yard. It is a country house mystery, harking back to the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was released in the United States by Dodd, Mead under the alternative title The Crabtree Affair.[2]

A Connoisseur's Case
First Edition
AuthorMichael Innes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSir John Appleby
GenreDetective
PublisherGollancz
Dodd, Mead (US)
Publication date
1962
Media typePrint
Preceded bySilence Observed 
Followed byThe Bloody Wood 

References edit

  1. ^ Scheper p.119-120
  2. ^ Reilly p.845

Bibliography edit

  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Scheper, George L. Michael Innes. Ungar, 1986.