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He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways. During World War II, Day-Lewis worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information for the U.K. government, and also served in the Musbury branch of the British Home Guard . [ 1 ]
Nigel Strangeways is a fictional British private detective created by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. He was one of the prominent detectives of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, appearing in sixteen novels between 1935 and 1966. He also features in a couple of short stories. [1]
The Beast Must Die is a 1938 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It combines elements of the inverted thriller with a classic Golden Age-style investigation. It is the fourth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [1]
A Question of Proof is a 1935 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the first in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [2]
The Case of the Abominable Snowman is a 1941 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the seventh in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [2] Day-Lewis, best known as a poet, also wrote a number of mysteries during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Head of a Traveller is a 1949 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the ninth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [2]
The Private Wound is a 1968 mystery thriller novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It was one of four stand-alone novels he wrote alongside the Nigel Strangeways detective novels. [2] The title is taken from a line in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. [3]
The Worm of Death is a 1961 detective novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the fourteenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [2]