Николас Блейк — библиография

Частный детектив Найджел Стрейнджуэйс и его "доктор Ватсон в юбке" – жена Джорджия, устав от треволнений своей профессии, решили поселиться в провинциальной глуши. Отныне они больше не ищут новых дел. Но новые дела находят их сами! Все началось с того, что Джорджия наткнулась на таинственный медальон, принадлежащий соседу Стрейнджуэйсов – майору Кестону. Майор ведет себя странно, и Найджел подозревает, что он может быть связан с контрабандистами. Вместе с женой Найджел начинает расследование — и вскоре приходит к шокирующему выводу: похоже, речь идет о государственной измене...

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY The Second World War has just finished and amateur detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is working at the Ministry of Morale in London, in the Visual Propaganda Division.With war over, life seems to be calm again, that is until the Director's beautiful secretary is poisoned in full view of seven members of the division, including Nigel himself. Who could have killed her? And how? A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Wenham & Geraldine are a long-established and very well respected publishing firm, so when a printer's proof is sabotaged and libellous passages are mysteriously reinstated, they call in private detective Nigel Strangeways. But the situation takes a turn for the worse when one of the publishers' best-selling authors - glamorous novelist Millicent Miles - is found dead in the offices. A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the m

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Poet turned detective Nigel Strangeways is summoned to Easterham Manor in the depths of winter to investigate a series of strange events, which culminate in the apparent suicide of a wealthy young woman whose behaviour has scandalised the village. As Nigel begins his investigations into the dead girl's past it soon becomes clear that someone in the manor is trying to hide something, and they will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe. A Nige

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY The government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley, a research scientist who is spending the Christmas holidays in the South-West of England. But someone else is also very interested in the professor and his work, and when his young daughter is kidnapped, Nigel finds himself in a race to avert a tragedy. A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the

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 uncov

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Staying with a friend in Oxfordshire, poet turned amateur detective Nigel Strangeways pays a visit to Robert Seaton, a distinguished British poet whom Nigel greatly admires but whose reputation has been on the decline of late. Seaton proves to be an irascible, temperamental man, and his unconventional household, featuring a resentful daughter and mute dwarf servant, simmers with tension. When a headless corpse is found floating in the river by the Seaton'

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Private detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone calling themselves 'The Mad Hatter'. The camp's owners are convinced a rival firm, desperate to put them out of business, are behind the events. Or could it be a disgruntled employee, or even one of the four hundred guests currently staying at the camp? As the

Ivy League Murder Nigel Strangeways is enjoying his stay in America at a university near Boston when campus life is suddenly disrupted by the shooting death of a classics professor. The local police request Nigel’s assistance since the victim—and the murderer—are members of the intimate academic circle that Nigel is very much a part of. Little does Nigel realize how close he actually is to the killer… (Publisher’s description)

An old doctor is killed; his body put into the river. Family members are suspects: two sons, daughter and adopted son. Nigel Strangeways and Clare are invited to help, to find motive and means.

You can’t keep Strangeways out of mischief. … On a fine August day in Kensington Garden, a young boy is anxious to test out his speed boat. Unbeknownst to him, a police informant has been running for his life and is cornered in the park. As the boy prepares to launch his boat, the man crawls up to him and hands the boy a piece of crumpled paper before bleeding to death at the edge of the pond. Realising the imminent danger, the boy tries to escape the two men now trailing him. With the help of Nigel Strangeways, he flees the park. It is only later that the boy realizes the true peril he is in – upon opening the note, he discovers the…

Prior’s Umborne was a poisoned village, no doubt about that. The small town of Prior’s Umborne is alive with gossip and accusation. A rash of poison pen letters has been sent to some of the inhabitants. Bleeding out buried secrets from the recipients’ pasts, the letters have already driven one man to take his own life. With fear and suspicion spreading like wildfire, Private Investigator Nigel Strangeways is called in by Sir Archibald Blick, a wealthy businessman with his own set of enemies, to determine who is behind these malicious letters. But as Nigel becomes a part of village life, he uncovers more than just the author of…

Nigel Strangeways is called to investigate strange doings at a holiday camp named Wonderland, where a series of practical jokes — e.g., tennis balls dipped in treacle — by someone who calls himself “The Mad Hatter” have culminated in murder.

Seldom does a little bit of gardening change the course of history. Trimming the hedgerow one sunny morning, those incomparable partners in crime, Nigel and Georgia Strangeways, discover a tarnished locket. Hidden inside are dark secrets which threaten the nation’s democracy. Leaving Nigel disconsolate at home, Georgia sets off on an hilarious romp across the country, pursuing a clique of Little Englanders inspired by Fascist Germany. In her battle for Britain she encounters reckless gamblers and a quiet village vicar, England’s top batsman and the Radiance Girls in flowing orange chiffon, and, most suspicious of all, a peer of the…

Николас Блейк – псевдоним Сесила Дей-Льюиса (1904 – 1972), одного из самых известных британских писателей и поэтов ХХ века. Детективы про гениального сыщика Найджела Стренджуэйза он писал в свободное время, скорее для развлечения себя и друзей, – однако именно они принесли элитарному поэту славу в широких читательских кругах и были признаны классикой английской криминальной литературы. У дома эксцентричного литератора Роберта Ситона обнаружено обезглавленное тело. Полиция не сомневается, что славящейся дурной репутацией Ситон – убийца. Но прибывший на помощь другу детектив Найджел Стренджуэйз понимает, что практически у каждого обитателя…