FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEAST MUST DIE - NOW A BRITBOX SERIESPrivate detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is invited to address the Maiden Astbury literary society. The picturesque Dorset town is home to Bunnett's Brewery,run by the much disliked,and feared,Eustace Bunnett and shortly before Nigel's visit,Bunnett's dog Truffles,was found dead in one of the brewery's vats. The culprit was never caught - although there was no shortage of suspects - but when a body is then found in the same vat,boiled down to its bones,Nigel is called into action to help capture the killer.The third book in the Nigel Strangeways series,this is a gloriously inventive,puzzling and witty investigation to delight all fans of classic crime.A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099565376Number of pages: 320Weight: 256 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
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Blake's resourceful and well-read amateur investigator Nigel Strangeways is a distinctive sleuth,inveigling his way into the trust of his suspects via a loquacious charmA master of detective fictionHis plots are ingeniousThe Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction
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