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| Author | Michael Innes |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Sir John Appleby |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Gollancz Dodd, Mead (US) |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Lament for a Maker |
| Followed by | The Secret Vanguard |
Stop Press is a 1939 mystery detective novel by the British writer Michael Innes.[1] [2] It is the fourth in his series featuring John Appleby Detective Inspector of Scotland Yard. It was written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and was first published by Victor Gollancz and in America by Dodd Mead under the alternative title The Spider Strikes. A country house mystery, it is the only novel in the series in which Appleby's sister Patricia appears.