Silence Observed

{{Short description|1961 novel}} {{infobox book | name = Silence Observed | title_orig = | translator = | image =File:Silence Observed.jpg | caption = American First Edition Cover | author = Michael Innes | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = Sir John Appleby | genre = Detective | publisher =Gollancz <br/> Dodd, Mead (US) | release_date = 1961 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by =Hare Sitting Up | followed_by = A Connoisseur's Case }} '''''Silence Observed''''' is a 1961 detective novel by the British writer Michael Innes.<ref>Reilly p.845</ref><ref>Hubin p.214</ref> It is the seventeenth entry in his series featuring Sir John Appleby, now an Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard.<ref>Scheper p.133-34</ref> It received a positive review from Anthony Lejeune in the ''Times Literary Supplement''.

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==Bibliography== * Hubin, Allen J. ''Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography''. Garland Publishing, 1984. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. * Scheper, George L. ''Michael Innes''. Ungar, 1986.

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