{"product_id":"the-daffodil-affair-volume-8-9781504092432","title":"The Daffodil Affair: Volume 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Innes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Open Road Media Mystery \u0026amp; Thri\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Open Road Media Mystery \u0026amp; Thri\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Scotland Yard detective probes a string of strange disappearances and paranormal phenomena in this classic British mystery adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Insp. John Appleby has his hands full. It begins when his aunt's horse, Daffodil, disappears from her stable in Harrogate. Meanwhile, Appleby's colleague, Superintendent Hudspith, is searching for a missing young woman by the name of Lucy Rideout. But the most bizarre case is the vanishing of a supposedly haunted house in Bloomsbury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Working together, the puzzled policemen soon find the cases are connected. But what exactly is going on? The answer to that question lies with a madman in the Amazonian jungle . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Michael Innes and Inspector Appleby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Innes is in a class by himself among detective story writers.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As farfetched and literary as Sayers.\" --\u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Crime Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A first-rate piece of work, intelligent, well-written, elaborate and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eHamlet, Revenge!\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411269214359,"sku":"9781504092432","price":1621.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781504092432.webp?v=1768583471","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-daffodil-affair-volume-8-9781504092432","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}