Name: The Widow's Cruise By Nicholas Blake
SKU: 9780099565659
Price: 26.99 AUD
Availability: InStock

The Widow's Cruise Summary

The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

When private detective Nigel Strangeways books tickets for a holiday in the Greek islands with renowned sculptor Claire Massinger, he has no idea that the trip will end in tragedy.

From the moment the boat sets sail it becomes clear that many of his fellow passengers - from a neurotic widow to the ship's lecturer - have guilty secrets to hide, but do any of them also have a motive for murder? It will take all of Nigel's insight and flair if he is to uncover the truth.

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

The Widow's Cruise Reviews

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 *

About Nicholas Blake

Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, who was born in County Laois, Ireland in 1904. After his mother died in 1906, he was brought up in London by his father, spending summer holidays with relatives in Wexford. He was educated at Sherborne School and Wadham College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1927. Blake initially worked as a teacher to supplement his income from his poetry writing and he published his first Nigel Strangeways novel, A Question of Proof, in 1935. Blake went on to write a further nineteen crime novels, all but four of which featured Nigel Strangeways, as well as numerous poetry collections and translations.

During the Second World War he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information, which he used as the basis for the Ministry of Morale in Minute for Murder, and after the war he joined the publishers Chatto & Windus as an editor and director. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968 and died in 1972 at the home of his friend, the writer Kingsley Amis.

Additional information

Sku

GOR005817395

ISBN 13

9780099565659

ISBN 10

009956565X

Title

The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake

Author

Nicholas Blake

Series

A Nigel Strangeways Mytery

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20120529

Number of pages

192

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

The Widow's Cruise Nicholas Blake

The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake

Summary

The Widow's Cruise Summary

The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake

The Widow's Cruise Reviews

About Nicholas Blake

Additional information

Customer Reviews - The Widow's Cruise