Death at the President's Lodging (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 1)

The crime was at once intriguing and bizarre, efficient and theatrical.

The members of St Anthony’s College awake one bleak November morning to find the most chilling of crimes has happened in their quiet, contained college. Josiah Umpleby, President of the college, has been shot in his room during the night.

The college buzzes with supposition and speculation. Orchard Ground and the lodgings are particularly insulated: only a limited number of senior staff have access and even fewer have their own keys.

With the killer walking among them, Inspector John Appleby of the New Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. As tensions rise and accusations abound, can Appleby determine which of the seven suspects had motive and malice enough to murder a colleague in cold blood?


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• Lament for a Maker (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 3)
• Stop Press (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 4)
• The Secret Vanguard (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 5)
• There Came Both Mist and Snow (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 6)
• The Daffodil Affair (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 7)
• A Night of Errors (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 10)
• Appleby's End (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 9)
• The Weight of the Evidence (The Inspector Appleby Mysteries Book 8)
• Last Seen Alive (The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Book 5)