A Night of Errors

A Night of Errors
American First Edition
AuthorMichael Innes
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSir John Appleby
GenreDetective
PublisherGollancz
Dodd, Mead (US)
Publication date
1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byAppleby's End 
Followed byOperation Pax 

A Night of Errors is a 1947 detective novel by the British writer Michael Innes.[1] It is the eleventh in his series featuring John Appleby, recently a Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police but currently living in an early retirement in the English countryside. It takes the form of a country house mystery with an extremely complex plot, laced with strong elements of farce common throughout the series.[2]

  1. ^ Reilly p.845
  2. ^ Sceheper p.179