Nicholas Blake – the pseudonym of Cecil De -Luis (1904 – 1972), one of the most famous British writers and poets of the twentieth century. He wrote detectives about the ingenious detective of Nigel Strendjuez in his free time, rather for entertainment of himself and friends – however, it was they who brought the glory to the elite poet in wide reader circles and were recognized as the classic of English criminal literature.
At the house of the eccentric writer Robert Siton, a decapitated body was discovered. The police have no doubt that Siton is a famous bad reputation. But the detective Nigel Strendjuez, who arrived to help a friend, understands that almost every inhabitant of Siton’s estate had not only a motive and an opportunity, but also a desire to commit a murder.
The former bride of the captain of the British army, the hero of the war, was poisoned. All evidence in the case indicates the captain himself, who did not reconcile with the betrayal of his lover. However, the old friend of the suspect Nigel Strendjuez begins his own investigation and the parish …
Author
Blake Nicholas
Translator
Artemov V.
Publisher
AST, 2014
Series
Golden Age of English Detective
Genre
Classical foreign prose
16+
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