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The Smiler With The Knife

Nicholas Blake author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:29th May '12

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In the fifth book in the Nigel Strangeways classic crime series, Nigel and his explorer wife Georgia must infiltrate a movement aimed at overthrowing the government

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.

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 bravery if they are to infiltrate the order and unmask the conspirators.

Georgia Cavendish Strangeways is one of the most complex and likeable characters in the crime fiction of the so-called Golden Age -- Sara Paretsky * Guardian *
Nicholas Blake at the very top of his form * Woman’s Journal *
An extraordinarily well written and entertaining thriller * Saturday Review of Literature *
The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction -- Elizabeth Bowen
His plots are ingenious * Times Literary Supplement *

ISBN: 9780099565635

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 203g

288 pages