Stop Press
by Michael Innes; audiobook read by Matt Addis (Bolinda, 2013)
originally published as “The Spider Strikes” (Dodd, Mead and Company, 1939)
A triumph of sustained tedium. Innes wields a beautiful turn of phrase, yet Appleby’s only notable achievement across 17+ audiobook hours of pointless, pontificating conversations, plumping out of superfluous characters and mendacious touting of murder in the offing, is to stay awake.