The Smiler With The Knife by Nicholas Blake (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Smiler With The Knife by Nicholas Blake Detective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the fifth book in the Nigel Strangeways classic crime series, Nigel and his explorer wife Georgia must infiltrate a movement aimed at overthrowing the governmentDetective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government.It will take all of Nigels brilliance and Georgias bravery if they are to infiltrate the order and unmask the conspirators. Back Cover Nicholas Blake at the very top of his form Womans Journal Detective Nigel Strangeways and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government. It will take all of Nigels brilliance and Georgias bravery if they are to infiltrate the order and unmask the conspirators. An extraordinarily well written and entertaining thriller Saturday Review of Literature Author Biography 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. Review Georgia Cavendish Strangeways is one of the most complex and likeable characters in the crime fiction of the so-called Golden Age -- Sara Paretsky * Guardian *Nicholas Blake at the very top of his form * Womans Journal *An extraordinarily well written and entertaining thriller * Saturday Review of Literature *The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction -- Elizabeth BowenHis plots are ingenious * Times Literary Supplement * Promotional In the fifth book in the Nigel Strangeways classic crime series, Nigel and his explorer wife Georgia must infiltrate a movement aimed at overthrowing the government Review Text Georgia Cavendish Strangeways is one of the most complex and likeable characters in the crime fiction of the so-called Golden Age Review Quote The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction Promotional "Headline" In the fifth book in the Nigel Strangeways classic crime series, Nigel and his explorer wife Georgina must infiltrate a movement aimed at overthrowing the government Details ISBN0099565633 Author Nicholas Blake Pages 288 Year 2012 ISBN-10 0099565633 ISBN-13 9780099565635 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.912 Death 1972 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Publication Date 2012-05-29 Language English Series A Nigel Strangeways Mytery UK Release Date 2012-05-29 AU Release Date 2012-05-29 NZ Release Date 2012-05-29 Translator Polly McLean Birth 2020 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781446476819 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:52336451;

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