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A fifteen-story collection that includes Poltergeist - where the troublesome spirit seems to prefer to smash priceless artefacts; A Question of Confidence - Bobby Appleby calls on his father when his friend is caught up in a murder in Oxford; and The Ascham - an abandoned car on a narrow lane leads to an unexpected medieval castle.

Sir John Appleby and Chief Constable Colonel Pride find a police van outside Elvedon House, and wealthy Maurice Tytherton shot dead. The suspects are Alice Tytherton, Maurice's flirtatious young wife; Egon Raffaello, a disreputable art dealer; and prodigal son, Mark Tytherton, just back from Argentina. Is there a link to an art robbery years ago?

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David was hiking pleased to have escaped the oppressively juvenile and sometimes perilous behaviour of his fellow undergraduates. As far as he could tell, he was the only human being for miles - but it turns out that he was the only living human being for miles. At least, that is what he presumed when he found a dead man on top of the tor.

Clusters, a great country house, is troubled by bats, as Lord and Lady Osprey complain to their guests, who include first rate detective, Sir John Appleby. In the matter of bats, Appleby is indifferent, but he is soon faced with a real challenge - the murder of Lord Osprey, stabbed with an ornate dagger in the library.

Sir John Appleby dines at Allington Park with his friend Owain Allington, new to the area. His curiosity is aroused when Allington mentions his nephew and heir to the estate, Martin Allington. Appleby recognises the name. Later as he is leaving, they find a dead man - electrocuted in the son et lumiere box which had been installed in the grounds.

Reissue with striking new jacket.

Reissue with striking new jacket.