The Crabtree Affair

Description:

When John Appleby's wife, Judith, sets eyes on Scroop House, she insists that they introduce themselves to the owners - a suggestion that makes her sometimes reserved husband turn very pale. When Judith hears the village gossip about the grand house, she is even more intrigued, but when a former employee is found dead in the lock of the disused canal, and the immense wealth of Scroop's contents is revealed, Appleby has a gripping investigation on his hands.

subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional,  England, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Appleby, john, sir (fictitious character), fiction,  Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Police,  English Detective and mystery stories,  Fiction in English

Places: Great Britain,  England

Times: late 1950s