I have just finished reading The Mysterious Commission by Michael Innes. The chief characters are a portrait artist (Charles Honeybath, RA) , Inspector Keybird, and a bunch of criminals. However, having read this book from cover to cover, it is most manifestly NOT an "Inspector Appleby Mystery" - as the publisher blazes across the cover.
Apparently, this error by House of Stratus has been noted before (and drawn to their attention) as described by this excellent website, which fills in a little more detail about Michael Innes and his work.
I'm inclined not to be too hard on HoS, though, because they are at least keeping these works in print and available for the public (Penguin seem to have decided that classic crime novels aren't worth producing anymore - those beautiful green and cream covers are fast disappearing from the shops).
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