Title: The Appleby file
Subtitle: detective stories
First published: 1975
Description: A collection of short stories about the varied adventures of Sir John Appleby, Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (and, later, retired), which shows his creator in top form, metaphorically producing rabbits from hats, & sawing girls in half with the expertise of a Houdini.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English, English Detective and mystery stories, English Short stories, Fiction, Large type books, Police, Short stories, English, Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character), Fiction, short stories (single author), London (england), fiction, England, fiction, Appleby, john, sir (fictitious character), fiction, Mystery & Detective, General
Places: England