Nicholas Blake
Nicholas Blake is the pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), who was a British poet and the UK Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death. In addition to his poetry, Day-Lewis wrote detective novels under the name Nicholas Blake. His most famous creation is the amateur detective Nigel Strangeways, who features in a series of whodunit novels that were popular in the 1930s and beyond.
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
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1. The Beast Must Die
In this gripping detective novel, a grieving father, consumed by the desire for vengeance, sets out to track down and kill the reckless driver who killed his young son in a hit-and-run accident. As he infiltrates the suspect's life, his quest for justice becomes a complex game of cat and mouse, leading to an unexpected twist when the suspect is found dead. The case takes a further turn when a famed amateur detective is called in to unravel the mystery, delving into a web of deceit, secrets, and moral ambiguities, challenging the very notion of justice and retribution.
The 2002nd Greatest Book of All Time
