Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (USA 2024)

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A Scotland Yard detective probes a high-society house party for someone rotten when a government official is murdered in this classic British mystery.
Preparations are underway for a grand party at Scamnum Court, the sweeping English country estate of the fabulously wealthy Duke of Horton. Some of the nation's elite are invited for dinner, and some are even set to star in a semi-amateur production of Hamlet on an authentic Elizabethan stage in the banqueting hall. No expense is spared, but one guest soon pays with his life. Before the play ends, a shot is fired, and the actor playing Polonius -- Lord Auldearn, the Lord Chancellor of England -- is dead.

With war looming on the horizon, suspicions arise over the possibility of espionage. Therefore, the prime minister sends Insp. John Appleby not only to investigate, but to also find a confidential government document. Appleby is lucky there's a mystery novelist eager to lend a hand with the extensive guest list at Scamnum Court. He will need all the help he can get if he hopes to prevent the killer from making an encore performance...

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! An Inspector Appleby Mystery. Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504092043 (February, 2024), 346 p., $26.99.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (USA 2023)

From the Publisher:
A Scotland Yard detective probes a high-society house party for someone rotten when a government official is murdered in this classic British mystery.
Preparations are underway for a grand party at Scamnum Court, the sweeping English country estate of the fabulously wealthy Duke of Horton. Some of the nation's elite are invited for dinner, and some are even set to star in a semi-amateur production of Hamlet on an authentic Elizabethan stage in the banqueting hall. No expense is spared, but one guest soon pays with his life. Before the play ends, a shot is fired, and the actor playing Polonius -- Lord Auldearn, the Lord Chancellor of England -- is dead.

With war looming on the horizon, suspicions arise over the possibility of espionage. Therefore, the prime minister sends Insp. John Appleby not only to investigate, but to also find a confidential government document. Appleby is lucky there's a mystery novelist eager to lend a hand with the extensive guest list at Scamnum Court. He will need all the help he can get if he hopes to prevent the killer from making an encore performance...

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! An Inspector Appleby Mystery. Open Road Integrated Media, ISBN: 9781504087926 (May, 2023), eBook, 2 MB (ca. 346 p.), $14.99.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (USA 2001)

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At Seamnum Court, seat of the Duke of Horton, The Lord Chancellor of England is murdered at the climax of a private presentation of Hamlet, in which he plays Polonius. Inspector Appleby pursues some of the most famous names in the country, unearthing dreadful suspicion.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! An Inspector Appleby Mystery. House of Stratus, ISBN: 1842327372 (January, 2001), 316 p., $11.50.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (UK 1989)

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The murder was planned, deliberately, and at obvious risk, to take place bang in the middle of a private performance of Hamlet. Behind the scenes there were thirty-one suspects. In the select and distinguished audience, twenty-seven. 'Suspicions,' said Appleby, 'crowd thick and fast upon us.'

'Mr. Innes writes like an angel' - Spectator

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! A Story in Four Parts. Penguin Classic Crime, ISBN: 0140114971 (November, 1989), 288 p., £3.99.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (1976)

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The murder was planned, deliberately, and at obvious risk, to take place bang in the middle of a private performance of Hamlet. Behind the scenes there were thirty-one suspects. In the select and distinguished audience, twenty-seven. 'Suspicions,' said Appleby, 'crowd thick and fast upon us.'

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! Penguin, ISBN: 0140016406 (May, 1976), 284 p., 75p, $1.95.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (UK 1964)

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The scene is Scamnum Court, seat of the Duke of Horton. The act is murder - murder of the Lord Chancellor of England at the climax of a select and private presentation of Hamlet. As Appleby pursues his undaunted inquiries among some of the most famous names in the country, ugly suspicion is afoot. Who threatened to kill? Who killed? Who stole the secret document? Who killed again? Experts of crime fiction have called Hamlet, Revenge! the best of all Michael Innes's detective stories. It is a classic of its kind.

On its publication the verdict of the critics was given in such terms as these: 'Michael Innes is in a class by himself among writers of detective fiction' - Times Literary Supplement

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964, Penguin Books No. C1640, 283 p., 3'6.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (USA 1962)

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"No one should miss Hamlet, Revenge!" - The New Statesman and Nation
Something is rotten in the amateur production of Hamlet at stately, magnificent Scamnum court. Sinister messages -- quotations from Shakespeare -- have been delivered to the players, who are guests of Scamnum's owners, the Duke and Duchess of Horton. But the play goes on and, with diabolical ingenuity, the murder of England's Lord High Chancellor is enacted at the very moment of his staged slaying in the role of Polonius.

"Possibly the most literary mystery ever dished up to the thrill-loving public. Capitally worked out, beautifully written, and erudite no end. For connoisseurs." - Saturday Review "A flawlessly constructed murder and an admirable and quite breathlessly thrilling denouement." - The Times (London)

This edition of Hamlet, Revenge! includes a complete checklist of the suspense novels of Michael Innes. Other Innes classics being made available in Collier Books editions are Lament for Maker (AS144) and The Case of Sonia Wayward (AS450Y).

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! A Collier Mystery Classic. Selected and with an Introduction by ANTHONY BOUCHER. New York: Collier Books, 1962, AS-308Y, 285 p., 95¢.

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! (UK 1961)

From the Publisher:
The scene is Scamnum Court, seat of the Duke of Horton. The act is murder - murder of the Lord Chancellor of England at the climax of a select and private presentation of Hamlet. As Appleby pursues his undaunted inquiries among some of the most famous names in the country, ugly suspicion is afoot. Who threatened to kill? Who killed? Who stole the secret document? Who killed again? Experts of crime fiction have called Hamlet, Revenge! the best of all Michael Innes's detective stories. It is a classic of its kind.

On its publication the verdict of the critics was given in such terms as these: 'Michael Innes is in a class by himself among writers of detective fiction' - Times Literary Supplement

Michael Innes: Hamlet, Revenge! Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961, Penguin Books No. 1640, 283 p., 3'6.