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The Worm of Death (Nigel Strangeways, Bk 14)
The Worm of Death - Nigel Strangeways, Bk 14 Author:Nicholas Blake Now living with the sculptress Clare Massinger in the small community of Greenwich along the Thames River, Strangeways is asked to investigate the disappearance of a neighbor, the prestigious doctor, Piers Loudron. Not long afterwards Dr. Loudron's body surfaces on the Thames and the case is declared a homicide. — The poet Cecil Day-Lewis (19... more »04 - 1972) gained popularity under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake for his sixteen mystery stories involving Nigel Strangeways, a poet with a penchant for solving murder mysteries. The Worm of Death (1961) was the twelfth in the series.
The Nigel Strangeways stories are noted as much for their witty dialogue, character development, and psychological complexity as for the puzzle itself. The characters are generally well-educated and literate, not unlike the author himself. The settings are typically genteel.. The vocabulary is more extensive than generally found in mystery stories, but not to the point of becoming pedantic.« less