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Thou Shell of Death
Nicholas Blake
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Description for Thou Shell of Death
Paperback. Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day. Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
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Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day.
Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. But despite Nigel's presence, the former pilot is found dead, just as predicted, and Nigel is left to aid the local police in their investigation while trying to ignore his growing attraction ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099565369
SKU
V9780099565369
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Ref
99-98
About Nicholas Blake
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Thou Shell of Death
"It has all the virtues of culture, intelligence and sensibility that the most exacting connoisseur could ask of detective fiction" Times Literary Supplement "A master of detective fiction" Daily Telegraph "The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction"
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen