Hare Sitting Up Author:Michael Innes When a germ-warfare expert goes missing, his twin brother impersonates him as a cover-up, but for how long can this last? Inspector Appleby is sent on a series of wild goose chases, which take him to a preparatory school, to the estate of an eccentric earl, and to a remote Atlantic rock, before a truly shocking climax
There is hardly anyone in mysteries or mainstream more exquisitely literate, allusive and Jamesian - and hardly anyone with a firmer sense of melodramatic plot or a more vigorous gift of storytelling.