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Summaries by Marsha McCurley, Candy Schwartz and Seth D. Bartner

Innes, Michael. (Pseud. of J. I. M. Stewart [John Innes MacIntosh])
Death at the President's Lodging. London, Gollancz, 1936; U.S. title: Seven Suspects. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1937
President of an English University is murdered; key scenes in St. Anthony's College library
Hamlet, Revenge! London, Gollancz, 1937; New York, Dodd, Mead, 1937
Missing rare book and the death of a guest. Series character: John Appleby. 1st in series
Stop Press. London, Gollancz, 1939; 1st US (title: The Spider Strikes) New York, Dodd Mead, 1939
Authors creation apparently comes to life with dangerous results
Secret Vanguard. London, Gollancz, 1940; 1st US New York, Dodd, Mead, 1941
Murder traced though bookshops and British Museum
The Weight of the Evidence. London, Gollancz, 1944; New York, Dodd, Mead, 1943
Professor is killed by a meteorite. Librarian is a minor character, but a fine caricature
Operation Pax. London, Gollancz, 1951; (U.S title: The Paper Thunderbolt) New York, Dodd, Mead. 1951.
Denouement involves a wild chase through the Bodleian Library
The Long Farewell. London, Gollancz, 1958; New York, Dodd, Mead , 1958
Murder in the library, and an ecclesiastical librarian suspect
The New Sonia Wayward. London, Gollancz, 1960; (U.S title: The case of Sonia Wayward) New York, Dodd, Mead, 1960
Murder of an author and subsequent cover up
Silence Observed. London, Gollancz, 1961; New York, Dodd, Mead, 1961
Murdered bookdealer
Appleby's Answer. London, Gollancz, 1973; New York, Dodd, Mead, 1973
Author Priscilla Pringle tells a fellow train passenger about a plot for a foolproof murder, only to end up investigating a real one
The Ampersand Papers. New York, Dodd, Mead,1978
Murder of an archivist researching Wordsworth and Shelley
Appleby and Honeybath. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1983
Appleby and Honeybath, a painter, combine to solve a murder that occurred in a locked library. Books and the library enter the case.

Academic mystery

Israel, Peter.
I'll Cry When I Kill You. New York, Mysterious Press, 1988
Rich old science fiction buff hires attorney, Charles Camelot, to protect him from being murdered at the largest SF convention in history.

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