Michael Innes

Michael Innes

Michael Innes also wrote as: J.I.M. Stewart.

Michael Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 30th, 1906 and passed away at the age of 80 on November 12th, 1986.

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Michael Innes Stats: The highest rated book by Michael Innes on Book Notification is Hamlet, Revenge!, the 2nd novel in the Inspector Appleby series.

The most read book by Michael Innes on Book Notification is Hamlet, Revenge!, the 2nd novel in the Inspector Appleby series.

Below is a complete list of Michael Innes books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Michael Innes is the Inspector Appleby Series.

List of Inspector Appleby Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects
1936
2
10
Hamlet, Revenge!
1937
3
Lament for a Maker
1938
4
Stop Press / The Spider Strikes
1939
5
The Secret Vanguard
1940
6
There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors
1940
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
1948
12
Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt
1951
13
A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art
1952
14
Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day
1957
15
The Long Farewell
1958
16
Hare Sitting Up
1959
17
Silence Observed
1961
18
A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair
1962
19
The Bloody Wood
1966
20
Appleby At Allington / Death By Water
1968
21
A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt
1969
22
Death at the Chase
1970
23
An Awkward Lie
1971
24
The Open House
1972
25
Appleby's Answer
1973
26
Appleby's Other Story
1974
27
The Gay Phoenix
1976
28
The Ampersand Papers
1978
29
Sheiks and Adders
1982
30
Appleby and Honeybath
1983
31
Carson's Conspiracy
1984
32
Appleby and the Ospreys
1986

List of Inspector Appleby Collections in Publication Order

List of Charles Honeybath Books in Publication Order

List of Staircase In Surrey Books in Publication Order (as J.I.M. Stewart)

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm
1946
2
What Happened At Hazlewood?
1946
3
The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy
1949
4
Christmas at Candleshoe
1953
5
The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight
1955
6
Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens
1956
7
A Use Of Riches
1957
8
The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward
1960
9
Acre of Grass
1962
10
Money From Holme
1964
11
The Aylwins ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1966
12
Last Tresilians
1966
13
A Change of Heir
1966
14
Vanderlyn's Kingdom
1967
15
Mungo's Dream
1973
16
Andrew and Tobias ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1980
17
Going It Alone
1980
18
A Villa in France ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1982
19
An Open Prison
1984
20
The Naylors ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1985
21
A Palace of Art ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
2011
22
Mark Lambert's Supper ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
2012
23
The Man Who Won The Pools ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
2012
24
The Guardians
2012
25
Avery's Mission
2012

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1969
2
Our England is a garden and other stories
1979
3
The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories
1981
4
The Bridge at Arta ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1982
5
My Aunt Christina ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1983
6
Parlour Four ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1986
7
Cucumber Sandwiches ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
2011
8
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories
2011

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
James Joyce ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1957
2
Thomas Love Peacock
1963
3
Eight Modern Writers ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1963
4
Character and Motive in Shakespeare
1965
5
Rudyard Kipling
1966
6
Joseph Conrad ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1968
7
Shakespeare's Lofty Scene
1971
8
Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1971
9
Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir ( As: J.I.M. Stewart)
1988
10
Educating the emotions
2021

List of Murderous Christmas Stories Books in Publication Order

List of Michael Innes Anthologies in Publication Order

Michael Innes: Biography

Michael Innes (John Innes MacIntosh Stweart) was born on September 30th, 1906. Michael passed away November 12th, 1986 at 80 years old. Michael Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Michael Innes was the author of the Inspector Appleby series which consists of 32 novels. The Inspector Appleby series started in 1936 with the novel Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects. The most recently released novel in the Inspector Appleby series was Appleby and the Ospreys which was released in 1986. There are no upcoming novels for the Inspector Appleby series.

Michael Innes' books have been on Japan's prestigious Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! list two times. Both times it was for older books in the Inspector Appleby series. In 1994, Lament for a Maker was ranked #8. In 2006, Stop Press (aka The Spider Strikes) was also ranked #8.

Michael Innes made a couple of appearances on the Japanese Honkaku Mystery Best 10 international list. In 2006, his book Stop Press (aka The Spider Strikes) was ranked 4th. In 2009, his 1940 novel There Came Both Mist and Snow was ranked #2 on the list.

Michael Innes: Awards & Accolades

Innes' book, Appleby At Allington / Death By Water was nominated for the Crime Writer's Association Award, Gold Dagger Award, in 1968.

Michael Innes: F.A.Q

When was Michael Innes Born?

Michael Innes was born on September 30th, 1906.

When did Michael Innes die?

Michael Innes died on November 12th, 1986 at 80 years old.

Where was Michael Innes Born?

Michael Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

What was the first book Michael Innes wrote?

The first novel written by Michael Innes was Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects, published in 1936.

What was the most recent book Michael Innes wrote?

His most recently released work was Educating the emotions on January 3rd, 2021.

How many books has Michael Innes written?

Michael Innes has written 90 books across 11 series.
  • 32 books in the Inspector Appleby Series
  • 6 Inspector Appleby Collections
  • 4 books in the Charles Honeybath Series
  • 5 books in the Staircase In Surrey Series
  • 25 Standalone Novels
  • 5 J.I.M. Stewart Short Story Collections
  • 8 Short Story Collections
  • 5 J.I.M. Stewart Non-Fiction Books
  • 10 Non-Fiction Books
  • 7 J.I.M. Stewart Standalone Novels
  • 1 book in the Murderous Christmas Stories Series

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