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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]
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]
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 ]
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.
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]
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 .
The Morning after Death is a 1966 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. [1] It is the sixteenth and last entry in the series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. [2]
Minute for Murder is a 1947 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.It is the eighth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways, and the first published following the Second World War.