Title: The Crabtree Affair
First published: 1962
Description: When John Appleby's wife, Judith, sets eyes on Scroop House, she insists that they introduce themselves to the owners - a suggestion that makes her sometimes reserved husband turn very pale. When Judith hears the village gossip about the grand house, she is even more intrigued, but when a former employee is found dead in the lock of the disused canal, and the immense wealth of Scroop's contents is revealed, Appleby has a gripping investigation on his hands.
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, London (england), fiction, Appleby, john, sir (fictitious character), fiction, Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English
Places: Great Britain, England
Time periods: late 1950s
LC classification: PZ3.S8516 Cp, PZ3.S85166 Cp, PR6037.T466 Cp