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  • A Question of Proof

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 1 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYThe annual Sports Day at respected public school Sudeley Hall ends in tragedy when the headmaster's obnoxious nephew is found strangled in a haystack. The boy was despised by staff and students alike, but English master Michael Evans, who was seen sharing a kiss with the headmaster's beautiful young wife earlier that day, soon becomes a prime suspect for the murder. Luckily ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Classic Collection of Nicholas Blake (4 Books). Illustrated

    The Private Wound, A Tangled Web, A Penknife in My Heart, The Deadly Joker

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    The Classic Collection of Nicholas Blake (4 Books). Illustrated: The Private Wound, A Tangled Web, A Penknife in My Heart, The Deadly Joker brings together four compelling mysteries by Nicholas Blake, the acclaimed crime writer and poet Cecil Day-Lewis, creator of the thoughtful and unconventional detective Nigel Strangeways. Blending psychological insight with the traditional elegance of Golden ... Read more

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  • Thou Shell of Death

    A Nigel Strangeways Mystery

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 2 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYFergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day.Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. But despite Nigel's presence, the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Beast Must Die

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 4 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYRespected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder - a murder that he himself will commit.Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists that he has been framed. An old friend of Cairns calls in private detective Nigel Strangeways, who ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • There's Trouble Brewing

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 3 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPrivate detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is invited to address the Maiden Astbury literary society. The picturesque Dorset town is home to Bunnett's Brewery, run by the much disliked, and feared, Eustace Bunnett and shortly before Nigel's visit, Bunnett's dog Truffles, was found dead in one of the brewery's vats. The culprit was never caught - although there was no ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Malice in Wonderland

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 6 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPrivate detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone calling themselves 'The Mad Hatter'.The camp's owners are convinced a rival firm, desperate to put them out of business, are behind the events. Or could it be a disgruntled ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Smiler With The Knife

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 5 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    Detective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government.It will take all of Nigel's brilliance and Georgia's ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Mr Prendergast and the Orange

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Mr Prendergast and the Orange by Nicholas Blake is a cleverly constructed detective story that blends psychological insight with the traditional puzzle of the Golden Age. Featuring the astute private investigator Mr. Prendergast, Blake delivers a story where observation, deduction, and careful reasoning uncover a murder hidden beneath the veneer of ordinary life. The mystery begins with a ... Read more

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  • Minute for Murder

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 8 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYThe Second World War has just finished and amateur detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is working at the Ministry of Morale in London, in the Visual Propaganda Division.With war over, life seems to be calm again, that is until the Director's beautiful secretary is poisoned in full view of seven members of the division, including Nigel himself. Who could have killed her? ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Penknife in My Heart

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    First published in 1958, A Penknife in My Heart tells the story of how two men - total strangers - establish the perfect alibis by arranging to switch victims. Ned Stowe will kill Stuart Hammer's wealthy uncle for which service Hammer is to eliminate Stowe's neurotic wife, Helena. The men plot and the plan - with its horrifyingly simple premise - is solidified...'More convincing, more detailedly ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Case of the Abominable Snowman

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    Series Book 7 - A Nigel Strangeways Mystery
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPoet turned detective Nigel Strangeways is summoned to Easterham Manor in the depths of winter to investigate a series of strange events, which culminate in the apparent suicide of a wealthy young woman whose behaviour has scandalised the village.As Nigel begins his investigations into the dead girl's past it soon becomes clear that someone in the manor is trying to hide ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Sad Variety

    by Nicholas Blake ...
    A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYThe government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley, a research scientist who is spending the Christmas holidays in the South-West of England. But someone else is also very interested in the professor and his work, and when his young daughter is kidnapped, Nigel finds himself in a race to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD