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After a tough day of versification, British Poet Laureate C. Day Lewis would relax by turning out literate and amusing mysteries, written as Nicholas Blake and featuring the equally literate and amusing detective Nigel Strangeways. Here are three of the 16 brilliant bafflers, starring the tall, angular and urbane Nigel, who ambles through his cases with the abstract air of an Oxford don and the piercing deduction of a Sherlock Holmes.
End of Chapter. Who put -the libelous passages back in General Thoresby's autobiography? It looks very much as if it was an inside job. The venerable firm of Wenharn & Geraldine stands to lose a fortune in lawsuits as well as its precious reputation. And that's just to start, for the subversive editor had more than just character assassination in mind! "Mr. Nicholas Blake at the top of his form." -The London Times Literary Supplement.
The Widow's Cruise. Nigel and his companion Clare Massinger take a summer cruise to the Greek isles, where amid stately columns, turquoise waters and picturesque donkey rides, the ancient passions of jealousy and hatred rear their ugly heads. A pair of twins, a randy blackmailer and two sisters-one, a frumpy old maid schoolteacher, the other, the merry widow incarnate-are the catalysts for one of the most puzzling murders Nigel has ever confronted. The Worm of Death. Dr. Piers Loudron, Nigel and Clare's new neighbor in the Thames River community of Greenwich, has suddenly disappeared. His family asks Nigel to find out what happened to him, but they are far from cooperative about answering any questions. Then the doctor turns up-afloat in the Thames, his wrists neatly cut. Too neatly. Was it suicide-or murder? "Vividly done ... [with] a startling finish."-San.Francisco Chronicle.
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