The Worm of Death

Nicholas Blake

ISBN 10: 0060804009 / ISBN 13: 9780060804008

Published by HarperCollins (paper), 1986

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0060804009I5N00

Synopsis:

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

Several days after private detective and poet Nigel Strangeways dines with Dr Piers Loudon and his family, the doctor vanishes, only for his legless corpse to be fished out of the river Thames. When his family ask Nigel to protect their interests during the police investigation, it soon becomes apparent that each member of the deceased's family, from his adopted son to his daughter's unpleasant fiancée, had a strong motive for killing him.

As the winter fog swirls outside, Nigel must find his way through a maze of conflicting stories, missing diaries and red herrings.

A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.

Review: "Mr Blake tirelessly and entertainingly baffles his readers" (Times Literary Supplement)

"The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction" (Elizabeth Bowen)

"A master of detective fiction" (Daily Telegraph)

"It is one of Blake's very best - and his best is better than almost anyone's" (Louis Untermeyer)

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Worm of Death
Publisher: HarperCollins (paper)
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket