Hare Sitting Up - Michael Innes

 

Hare Sitting Up by Michael Innes

This is number 18 in the Sir John Appleby series

The story takes place during the Cold-war. In part one a discussion about war, the atom bomb

and bacteriological warfare takes place between headmaster Miles Juniper and five young people

in a train compartment.

In part two Miles Juniper is visited by John Appleby. The reason is the disappearance of his twin

brother Harold. He is a germ-warfare expert and no one knows if he has been kidnapped,

gone mad or just run away. As it is of national interest Appleby persuades Miles to impersonate

him while they try to find him. This takes Appleby to a bird fanatic earl, and a remote Atlantic rock

before solving the case.

I was very well entertained. It was a both funny and intriguing story, and thanks to Crime Classics review

and NetGalley I got to read one more novel in one of my favourite series.