Minute for Murder
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:29th May '12
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Amateur detective Nigel Strangeways is working at the Ministry of Morale in London when a beautiful young secretary is poisoned in full view of seven people, including Nigel himself. The eighth Nigel Strangeways mystery
The 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.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
The 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? And how?
A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.
An outstanding mystery novel. Mr Blake's writing is a delight in itself * New York Times *
The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction -- Elizabeth Bowen
His plots are ingenious * Times Literary Supplement *
A master of detective fiction * Daily Telegraph *
ISBN: 9780099565574
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 182g
244 pages