The Journeying Boy
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Author | Michael Innes |
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Language | English |
Genre | Mystery fiction, crime fiction |
Publication date | January 1, 1949 |
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Pages | 288 |
ISBN | 9780060806323 1991 Paperback edition |
The Journeying Boy is a 1949 mystery novel by Michael Innes. It was number 52 in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list, despite not involving Innes's main character, Sir John Appleby.[1]
Plot summary
The blurb bills reads,
Humphrey Paxton, the son of one of Britain's leading atomic boffins, has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, the plodding Mr Thewless, suggests that Humphrey might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead at a cinema, Mr Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security.[2]
References
- ^ "The Case of the Journeying Boy". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ^ The Journeying Boy. Amazon.co.uk. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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