Order of Michael Innes Books
Michael Innes is the pseudonym of Scottish author John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-1994), who wrote crime fiction as Michael Innes and contemporary fiction and non-fiction as J.I.M. Stewart. He is the author of the Inspector Appleby series. Stewart was born in Edinburgh, where he also grew up. He studied at several different universities all over Europe and then lectured at several in the UK and Australia.
Michael Innes became a published author in 1936 with the novel Death at the President’s Lodging (aka Seven Suspects). The novel introduced readers to Sir John Appleby of the Metropolitan Police. His final publication before his death was his memoir, entitled Myself and Michael Innes (published in 1987). Below is a list of Michael Innes’ books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Books
| Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects | (1936) |    |
| Hamlet, Revenge! | (1937) | |
| Lament for a Maker | (1938) | |
| Stop Press / The Spider Strikes | (1939) | |
| The Secret Vanguard | (1940) | |
| There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors | (1940) | |
| Appleby on Ararat | (1941) | |
| The Daffodil Affair | (1942) | |
| The Weight of the Evidence | (1943) | |
| Appleby's End | (1945) | |
| A Night of Errors | (1948) | |
| Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt | (1951) | |
| A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art | (1952) | |
| Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day | (1957) | |
| The Long Farewell | (1958) | |
| Hare Sitting Up | (1959) | |
| Silence Observed | (1961) | |
| A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair | (1962) | |
| The Bloody Wood | (1966) | |
| Appleby At Allington / Death By Water | (1968) | |
| A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt | (1969) | |
| Death at the Chase | (1970) | |
| An Awkward Lie | (1971) | |
| The Open House | (1972) | |
| Appleby's Answer | (1973) | |
| Appleby's Other Story | (1974) | |
| The Gay Phoenix | (1976) | |
| The Ampersand Papers | (1978) | |
| Sheiks and Adders | (1982) | |
| Appleby and Honeybath | (1983) | |
| Carson's Conspiracy | (1984) | |
| Appleby and the Ospreys | (1986) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Collections
| Appleby Talking | (1954) | |
| Appleby Talks | (1954) | |
| Appleby Talks Again | (1956) | |
| Appleby Intervenes | (1965) | |
| The Appleby File | (1975) | |
| Appleby Talks About Crime | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Charles Honeybath Books
| The Mysterious Commission | (1974) | |
| Honeybath's Haven | (1978) | |
| Lord Mullion's Secret | (1981) | |
| Appleby and Honeybath | (1983) | |
Publication Order of Staircase In Surrey Books
(as J.I.M. Stewart)
| The Gaudy | (1975) | |
| Young Pattullo | (1975) | |
| Memorial Service | (1976) | |
| The Madonna of The Astrolabe | (1977) | |
| Full Term | (1979) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm | (1946) | |
| What Happened At Hazlewood? | (1946) | |
| The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy | (1949) | |
| Christmas at Candleshoe | (1953) | |
| The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight | (1955) | |
| Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens | (1956) | |
| A Use Of Riches | (1957) | |
| The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward | (1960) | |
| Acre of Grass | (1962) | |
| Money From Holme | (1964) | |
| The Aylwins | (1966) | |
| Last Tresilians | (1966) | |
| A Change of Heir | (1966) | |
| Vanderlyn's Kingdom | (1967) | |
| Mungo's Dream | (1973) | |
| Andrew and Tobias | (1980) | |
| Going It Alone | (1980) | |
| A Villa in France | (1982) | |
| An Open Prison | (1984) | |
| The Naylors | (1985) | |
| A Palace of Art | (2011) | |
| Mark Lambert's Supper | (2012) | |
| The Man Who Won The Pools | (2012) | |
| The Guardians | (2012) | |
| Avery's Mission | (2012) | |
Publication Order of J.I.M. Stewart Short Story Collections
| The Bridge at Arta | (1982) | |
| My Aunt Christina | (1983) | |
| Parlour Four | (1986) | |
| Cucumber Sandwiches | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories | (1969) | |
| Our England is a garden and other stories | (1979) | |
| The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories | (1981) | |
| The Bridge at Arta | (1982) | |
| My Aunt Christina | (1983) | |
| Parlour Four | (1986) | |
| Cucumber Sandwiches | (2011) | |
| The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| James Joyce | (1957) | |
| Thomas Love Peacock | (1963) | |
| Eight Modern Writers | (1963) | |
| Character and Motive in Shakespeare | (1965) | |
| Rudyard Kipling | (1966) | |
| Joseph Conrad | (1968) | |
| Shakespeare's Lofty Scene | (1971) | |
| Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography | (1971) | |
| Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir | (1988) | |
| Educating the emotions | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books
| Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | (2016) | |
| Murder on Christmas Eve | (2017) | |
| A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | (2018) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| English Country House Murders | (1988) | |
| Murder On The Railways | (2003) | |
| Blood on the Tracks | (2018) | |
| Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays | (2019) | |
| Unholy Night | (2019) | |
| The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime | (2023) | |
Notes: All short story collections not involving Inspector Appleby and all non-fiction books were written as J.I.M. Stewart. The Staircase in Surrey series was written as J.I.M. Stewart. The novels Mark Lambert’s Supper, The Guardians, A Use of Riches, The Man Who Won the Pools, The Last Tresilians, An Acre of Grass, The Aylwins, Vanderlyn’s Kingdom, Avery’s Mission, A Palace of Art, Mungo’s Dream, Andrew and Tobias, A Villa in France, An Open Prison and The Naylors were written as J.I.M. Stewart.
Death at the President’s Lodging was also published as Seven Suspects. Stop Press was also titled The Spider Strikes. There Came Both Mist and Snow was also known as A Comedy of Terrors. Operation Pax was also released as The Paper Thunderbolt. A Private View was also published under the titles of One-Man Show and Murder is an Art. Appleby Plays Chicken was also known as Death on a Quiet Day. A Connoisseur’s Case was also titled The Crabtree Affair. Appleby at Allington was also published under the title Death by Water. A Family Affair was also released under the title Picture of Guilt. Appleby Talking was also known as Dead Man’s Shoes.
From London Far was also titled The Unsuspected Chasm. Christmas at Candleshoe was also published under the title Candleshoe. The Man from the Sea was also released as Death by Moonlight. Old Hall, New Hall was also known as A Question of Queens. The New Sonia Wayward was also published as The Case of Sonia Wayward.
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