The Journeying Boy

First edition (publ. Victor Gollancz Ltd)

The Journeying Boy is a 1949 mystery novel by Michael Innes. It was number 52 in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time list, despite not involving Innes's main character, Sir John Appleby.^[1]

Plot Summary

The blurb bills it as "Humphrey Paxton, the son of one of Britain's leading atomic boffins, has taken to carrying a shotgun to 'shoot plotters and blackmailers and spies'. His new tutor, the plodding Mr Thewless, suggests that Humphrey might be overdoing it somewhat. But when a man is found shot dead at a cinema, Mr Thewless is plunged into a nightmare world of lies, kidnapping and murder - and grave matters of national security".^[2]

References

1. "The Case of the Journeying Boy". Goodreads. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
2. "The Journeying Boy". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2013.