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Nigel Strangeways #8
Minute for Murder
Wartime Britain: photos are stolen… a secretary is poisoned… a director is stabbed…
Who put the poison in blonde femme fatale Nita Prince’s coffee cup?
A hero returned from a secret mission visits his onetime colleagues (among them, Nigel Strangeways) at the Ministry of Morale. His former fiancée, the beautiful Nita, is now having an affair with the director, his brother-in-law…
Who put the poison in blonde femme fatale Nita Prince’s coffee cup?
A hero returned from a secret mission visits his onetime colleagues (among them, Nigel Strangeways) at the Ministry of Morale. His former fiancée, the beautiful Nita, is now having an affair with the director, his brother-in-law…
261 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1947
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Nicholas Blake
97 books72 followersNicholas Blake is the pseudonym of poet Cecil Day-Lewis C. Day Lewis, who was born in Ireland in 1904. He was the son of the Reverend Frank Cecil Day-Lewis and his wife Kathleen (nee Squires). His mother died in 1906, and he and his father moved to London, where he was brought up by his father with the help of an aunt.
He spent his holidays in Wexford and regarded himself very much as Anglo-Irish, although when the Republic of Ireland was declared in 1948 he chose British citizenship.
He was married twice, to Mary King in 1928 and to Jill Balcon in 1951, and during the 1940s he had a long love affair with novelist Rosamond Lehmann. He had four children from his two marriages, with actor Daniel Day-Lewis, documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis and TV critic and writer Sean Day-Lewis being three of his children.
He began work as a schoolmaster, and during World War II he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information. After the war he joined Chatto & Windus as a senior editor and director, and then in 1946 he began lecturing at Cambridge University. He later taught poetry at Oxford University, where he was Professor of Poetry from 1951-1956, and from 1962-1963 he was the Norton Professor at Harvard University.
But he was by then earning his living mainly from his writings, having had some poetry published in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and then in 1935 beginning his career as a thriller writer under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake with 'A Question of Proof', which featured his amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways, reputedly modelled on W H Auden. He continued the Strangeways series, which finally totalled 16 novels, ending with 'The Morning After Death' in 1966. He also wrote four detective novels which did not feature Strangeways.
He continued to write poetry and became Poet Laureate in 1968, a post he held until his death in 1972. He was also awarded the CBE.
He died from pancreatic cancer on 22 May 1972 at the Hertfordshire home of Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard, where he and his wife were staying. He is buried in Stinsford churchyard, close to the grave of one of his heroes, Thomas Hardy, something that he had arranged before his death.
He spent his holidays in Wexford and regarded himself very much as Anglo-Irish, although when the Republic of Ireland was declared in 1948 he chose British citizenship.
He was married twice, to Mary King in 1928 and to Jill Balcon in 1951, and during the 1940s he had a long love affair with novelist Rosamond Lehmann. He had four children from his two marriages, with actor Daniel Day-Lewis, documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis and TV critic and writer Sean Day-Lewis being three of his children.
He began work as a schoolmaster, and during World War II he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information. After the war he joined Chatto & Windus as a senior editor and director, and then in 1946 he began lecturing at Cambridge University. He later taught poetry at Oxford University, where he was Professor of Poetry from 1951-1956, and from 1962-1963 he was the Norton Professor at Harvard University.
But he was by then earning his living mainly from his writings, having had some poetry published in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and then in 1935 beginning his career as a thriller writer under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake with 'A Question of Proof', which featured his amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways, reputedly modelled on W H Auden. He continued the Strangeways series, which finally totalled 16 novels, ending with 'The Morning After Death' in 1966. He also wrote four detective novels which did not feature Strangeways.
He continued to write poetry and became Poet Laureate in 1968, a post he held until his death in 1972. He was also awarded the CBE.
He died from pancreatic cancer on 22 May 1972 at the Hertfordshire home of Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard, where he and his wife were staying. He is buried in Stinsford churchyard, close to the grave of one of his heroes, Thomas Hardy, something that he had arranged before his death.
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February 1, 2019
Published in 1947, this is the eighth Nigel Strangeways novel; following on from ‘The Case of the Abominable Snowman,” which took place in the opening months of the Second World War. London is now a very different city than it was in previous novels in the series, with a weary and battered population . We also discover, almost as a side note, that Nigel’s wife, Georgia, who featured heavily in some previous books in the series, had been killed during the Blitz. Georgia Cavendish was supposedly based on Margaret Marshall, an older woman that Nicholas Blake (or rather Cecil Day-Lewis, as Blake was a pen name) had an affair with while he was at Oxford. Oddly, the author killed the fictional Georgia off in 1941, at the time when he began an affair with the novelist Rosamond Lehmann while married to Constance Mary King.
We find Nigel Strangeways working at the Ministry of Morale, a place also based on real life, as Day-Lewis worked at the Ministry of Information during the war. The war is nearly over – VE day has already been celebrated – and those who work at the Ministry expect their department to be disbanded in the next few months. Nicholas Blake is Head of the Editorial Unit and we find him musing him on how much he really knows about his colleagues. Director James Lake, his personal secretary, Nita Price, with whom he is having an affair, Brian Ingle who suffers unrequited love for the beautiful Nita, the often blunt Merrion Squires, pompous Edgar Billson and uncompromising Harker Fortescue.
Strangeways is already considering his life after the war and going back to returning to crime, but events mean that he is thrown into a case much quicker than he expects. A letter arrives from Charles Kennington – who was believed dead, but has returned as a hero after capturing a high ranking war criminal. He was involved with Nita before the war and is also the twin brother of Jimmy Lake’s wife. Lake invites everyone to his office to welcome his return and, during the gathering, Nita is poisoned. Now Strangeways is asked to investigate by his old friend, Superintendent Blount. Meanwhile, a Secret File has gone missing and Strangeways becomes involved in a mystery which involves murder, treason and blackmail…
If you enjoy Golden Age detective mysteries then you will like the Nigel Strangeways series. They are intelligent crime novels, with a strong psychological element. This has an interesting setting and an excellent cast of characters/suspects and also gives you an interesting glimpse of London at the end of wartime. Nigel’s colleagues have been brought together by shared experiences and so this makes the investigation harder, as he roots out the myriad of relationships and emotions behind the office façade. I am glad this series has been republished and recommend the books highly.
We find Nigel Strangeways working at the Ministry of Morale, a place also based on real life, as Day-Lewis worked at the Ministry of Information during the war. The war is nearly over – VE day has already been celebrated – and those who work at the Ministry expect their department to be disbanded in the next few months. Nicholas Blake is Head of the Editorial Unit and we find him musing him on how much he really knows about his colleagues. Director James Lake, his personal secretary, Nita Price, with whom he is having an affair, Brian Ingle who suffers unrequited love for the beautiful Nita, the often blunt Merrion Squires, pompous Edgar Billson and uncompromising Harker Fortescue.
Strangeways is already considering his life after the war and going back to returning to crime, but events mean that he is thrown into a case much quicker than he expects. A letter arrives from Charles Kennington – who was believed dead, but has returned as a hero after capturing a high ranking war criminal. He was involved with Nita before the war and is also the twin brother of Jimmy Lake’s wife. Lake invites everyone to his office to welcome his return and, during the gathering, Nita is poisoned. Now Strangeways is asked to investigate by his old friend, Superintendent Blount. Meanwhile, a Secret File has gone missing and Strangeways becomes involved in a mystery which involves murder, treason and blackmail…
If you enjoy Golden Age detective mysteries then you will like the Nigel Strangeways series. They are intelligent crime novels, with a strong psychological element. This has an interesting setting and an excellent cast of characters/suspects and also gives you an interesting glimpse of London at the end of wartime. Nigel’s colleagues have been brought together by shared experiences and so this makes the investigation harder, as he roots out the myriad of relationships and emotions behind the office façade. I am glad this series has been republished and recommend the books highly.
April 22, 2023
The war is over. What do we do now?
"Nicholas Blake" was Cecil Day-Lewis, who's called an "Irish Poet" even though he was raised in London and educated at Oxford. His critically acclaimed poetry wouldn't support a comfortable life-style. So he took a pen name and wrote 20 mysteries, all but four of which feature eccentric, erudite gentleman detective Nigel Strangeways. I've liked all that I've read, but this one is outstanding. Critics invariably call it "a literate mystery" in shocked tones as though they can hardly believe that such a thing exists.
The setting is London in the last days of WWII - a long, hard war for the English. For six hellish years, daily danger was the norm. The human is an amazingly adaptable creature and surviving Londoners coped the best they could with this "norm." Now the Germans are defeated and those who have thought of nothing but survival must re-learn how to plan for the future. People have fallen into jobs and living arrangements and even relationships without much examination of their suitability. What now?
The story rings true because the author worked at the Ministry of Information (propaganda, really) and knew this tight, incestuous, nervy world first hand. He was a radical in his young days, but by this time he was an English upper-class gentleman and had adopted the outlook of that class and time. It's a WWII tale that could only come out of England. Where else would the returning hero be a soldier who captured a high-ranking Nazi by living in drag?
It's the story of two very different women - a cold, amusing, well-bred intellectual who lives through her writing and a passionate, conventional, working-class girl who wants only to be a traditional wife and mother. If a man HAS to choose, which one will he pick? It's also (at the end) a battle of wits between two brilliant, ruthless men one of whom must die. Strangeways' hunches solve the crime, but he has no power to bring about anything other than a tragic end and the destruction of a flawed, valuable man.
Given that others continued to identify him as Irish, it's also interesting to see how the author deals with the one Irish character in the book. This is a beautifully written book that will be enjoyed by anyone who loves a good novel.
"Nicholas Blake" was Cecil Day-Lewis, who's called an "Irish Poet" even though he was raised in London and educated at Oxford. His critically acclaimed poetry wouldn't support a comfortable life-style. So he took a pen name and wrote 20 mysteries, all but four of which feature eccentric, erudite gentleman detective Nigel Strangeways. I've liked all that I've read, but this one is outstanding. Critics invariably call it "a literate mystery" in shocked tones as though they can hardly believe that such a thing exists.
The setting is London in the last days of WWII - a long, hard war for the English. For six hellish years, daily danger was the norm. The human is an amazingly adaptable creature and surviving Londoners coped the best they could with this "norm." Now the Germans are defeated and those who have thought of nothing but survival must re-learn how to plan for the future. People have fallen into jobs and living arrangements and even relationships without much examination of their suitability. What now?
The story rings true because the author worked at the Ministry of Information (propaganda, really) and knew this tight, incestuous, nervy world first hand. He was a radical in his young days, but by this time he was an English upper-class gentleman and had adopted the outlook of that class and time. It's a WWII tale that could only come out of England. Where else would the returning hero be a soldier who captured a high-ranking Nazi by living in drag?
It's the story of two very different women - a cold, amusing, well-bred intellectual who lives through her writing and a passionate, conventional, working-class girl who wants only to be a traditional wife and mother. If a man HAS to choose, which one will he pick? It's also (at the end) a battle of wits between two brilliant, ruthless men one of whom must die. Strangeways' hunches solve the crime, but he has no power to bring about anything other than a tragic end and the destruction of a flawed, valuable man.
Given that others continued to identify him as Irish, it's also interesting to see how the author deals with the one Irish character in the book. This is a beautifully written book that will be enjoyed by anyone who loves a good novel.
February 12, 2019
WWII has just ended, and Nigel Strangeways is working as a civil servant in a Propaganda unit. When Nita Prince, a glamorous secretary at the department, is murdered, Strangeways is aware that the culprit is probably one of his colleagues. The charismatic Director of the unit has been having an affair with Nita, and is also married to the sister of Anita's ex-fiancé, while other members of the unit have made advances and been rejected. As Strangeways investigates, however, more motives come to light and he needs to identify where the truth lies.
This mystery started well when the characters were introduced and the dynamics of the department were brought to life. There were some intriguing twists and sub-plots which set up a good plot. As always, Blake sprinkles his narrative with delightful literary references and witty asides.
However, I felt the second half dragged somewhat and took too long to unravel the plot, repeating a lot of the evidence on several occasions through lengthy monologues. The finish was quite tense, but overall this one was a bit too wordy and dry for me - not my favourite by Nicholas Blake, but he still remains one of my favourite Golden Age mystery authors.
This mystery started well when the characters were introduced and the dynamics of the department were brought to life. There were some intriguing twists and sub-plots which set up a good plot. As always, Blake sprinkles his narrative with delightful literary references and witty asides.
However, I felt the second half dragged somewhat and took too long to unravel the plot, repeating a lot of the evidence on several occasions through lengthy monologues. The finish was quite tense, but overall this one was a bit too wordy and dry for me - not my favourite by Nicholas Blake, but he still remains one of my favourite Golden Age mystery authors.
September 2, 2024
ENGLISH: Suggestive plot about a murder and an attempt of murder. The dénouement is very original, with a spectacular confrontation between the two main suspects. The only mistake I've observed is the fact that the lift stopped in all the floors going up, rather than down.
ESPAÑOL: Sugerente trama sobre un asesinato y un intento de asesinato. El desenlace es muy original, con un enfrentamiento espectacular entre los dos sospechosos principales. El único fallo que he observado es que el ascensor se paró en todos los pisos durante la subida, en lugar de en la bajada.
ESPAÑOL: Sugerente trama sobre un asesinato y un intento de asesinato. El desenlace es muy original, con un enfrentamiento espectacular entre los dos sospechosos principales. El único fallo que he observado es que el ascensor se paró en todos los pisos durante la subida, en lugar de en la bajada.
September 3, 2013
I think I am going to leave Nigel Strangeways for a bit, because again there's nothing spectacularly original or outstanding about this private detective. Being set in a wartime propaganda office and having a cross dressing Captain were the only things that probably saved it from being a two star.
January 11, 2025
3.5/5 ⭐
El principio se me hizo lento, mas cerca de la mitad se pone interesante. Buena ambientación de la época de la segunda guerra mundial, logre imaginarme estando ahí. Las escenas de persecución o los momentos tensos como cuando se descubre al asesino, están bien logradas. aaa yo estaba re segura que el asesino era un personaje pero termino siendo otro, no me terminaron de convencer igual los motivos de este. Pero en general bien. Me gusto que entre todos los que trabajaban en el ministerio no hacían una era un manicomio que aparentaban buena apariencia. Sin duda voy a tener que leer mas libros donde aparezca Nigel Strangeways porque me fascino la forma en que su personaje esta construido, los momentos donde tira comentarios sarcásticos me tente mucho. y la manera en como razona y une todo me encanta.
El principio se me hizo lento, mas cerca de la mitad se pone interesante. Buena ambientación de la época de la segunda guerra mundial, logre imaginarme estando ahí. Las escenas de persecución o los momentos tensos como cuando se descubre al asesino, están bien logradas. aaa yo estaba re segura que el asesino era un personaje pero termino siendo otro, no me terminaron de convencer igual los motivos de este. Pero en general bien. Me gusto que entre todos los que trabajaban en el ministerio no hacían una era un manicomio que aparentaban buena apariencia. Sin duda voy a tener que leer mas libros donde aparezca Nigel Strangeways porque me fascino la forma en que su personaje esta construido, los momentos donde tira comentarios sarcásticos me tente mucho. y la manera en como razona y une todo me encanta.
June 22, 2022
The character of Nigel Strangeways evolved over time from a slightly eccentric academic type to a more serious puzzle solver. This entry in the series marks the shift from silly-ass private detective to world-weary survivor of a war-torn nation.
VE Day has passed, but Nigel, working in the Ministry of Morale (the public relations-cum-propaganda arm of the British war effort), is still laboring to help produce publications and news for the military branches and official entities. As the workload lightens, Nigel has time to think more about his colleagues, and how little he really knows about them as individuals outside of the office. That lack of intimate knowledge hampers him when a murder occurs in the deputy director's office, among a crowd of current and former staff people.
The death of a secretary by poison capsule is puzzling enough; but why was the capsule removed? This remains the most perplexing piece of a difficult case, involving infidelities, missing secret files, and too many suspects.
I remember the first time I read this book, I was deeply upset to learn Nigel's wife Georgia had died while working as an ambulance driver during the London Blitz. That almost soured me on reading the rest of the series.
I re-read this in an omnibus collection called The Nicholas Blake Treasury Vol. 3.
VE Day has passed, but Nigel, working in the Ministry of Morale (the public relations-cum-propaganda arm of the British war effort), is still laboring to help produce publications and news for the military branches and official entities. As the workload lightens, Nigel has time to think more about his colleagues, and how little he really knows about them as individuals outside of the office. That lack of intimate knowledge hampers him when a murder occurs in the deputy director's office, among a crowd of current and former staff people.
The death of a secretary by poison capsule is puzzling enough; but why was the capsule removed? This remains the most perplexing piece of a difficult case, involving infidelities, missing secret files, and too many suspects.
I remember the first time I read this book, I was deeply upset to learn Nigel's wife Georgia had died while working as an ambulance driver during the London Blitz. That almost soured me on reading the rest of the series.
I re-read this in an omnibus collection called The Nicholas Blake Treasury Vol. 3.
June 20, 2020
“Hablando puramente en abstracto, existen tres motivos para matar a una mujer bonita (…). Uno: celos. Dos: saciedad. Tres: en el caso de cierto tipo de mujer, porque intenta hacer chantaje.” (p. 97)
"Minuto para el crimen" es una novela muy original y entretenida, definitivamente la recomiendo sin reservas a todos los lectores que quieran disfrutar de un policial que no solo constituye una intriga interesante, sino que está narrado en forma auténtica.
Con el personaje de Nigel Strangeways, el autor hace un impecable análisis lógico del caso comparando diferentes hipótesis, sin perder la picardía que lo caracteriza y que lo consagra como protagonista de los personajes de este género en el siglo XX.
"Minuto para el crimen" es una novela muy original y entretenida, definitivamente la recomiendo sin reservas a todos los lectores que quieran disfrutar de un policial que no solo constituye una intriga interesante, sino que está narrado en forma auténtica.
Con el personaje de Nigel Strangeways, el autor hace un impecable análisis lógico del caso comparando diferentes hipótesis, sin perder la picardía que lo caracteriza y que lo consagra como protagonista de los personajes de este género en el siglo XX.
April 27, 2020
Early Bird Book Deal | Would have been four stars if it had wrapped up properly. | This was quite good, proper red herrings, plenty of legitimate motives, people who's character fit for the role of murderer, but then the end just kept rehashing and rehashing. It was as if Blake realized he hadn't reached some word count goal and decided to pad the thing for page after page. It was awful and unnecessary, for more than the final quarter of the book.
November 9, 2015
Nice enough wartime mystery--good setting and characters. Plot a bit of letdown for Blake, with the last two chapters put together pretty clumsily.
November 3, 2019
First of all, of no revelance to the plot of this book, it was a shock to me to read that Georgia had died in the war after having just recently read the second book of the series, "Thou Shell of Death", in which Nigel first meets Georgia.
This post-WW2 plot (1947?) was well done and I admit that I was fooled up until the end about who was the killer. It was intriguing to see Nigel working in the "Ministry of Morale" rather than his previous foot-loose ways.
This post-WW2 plot (1947?) was well done and I admit that I was fooled up until the end about who was the killer. It was intriguing to see Nigel working in the "Ministry of Morale" rather than his previous foot-loose ways.
February 23, 2024
Una novela de misterio ejemplar, donde su autor retuerce una trama aparentemente sencilla mientras juega con los personajes tanto como con el lector, creando una divertida farsa, por momentos un puro vodevil, donde se maneja como pez en el agua, manteniendo la tensión a lo largo de toda la narración.
June 28, 2025
I was shocked by the brusquely delivered news about Georgia.
Other than that, I thought this would have been a better book without the theorising of the last few chapters (though I wonder if this was because I had an audiobook rather than a printed one?).
It felt like the author was trying too hard to throw in plot twists during the final showdown between the last two suspects.
Other than that, I thought this would have been a better book without the theorising of the last few chapters (though I wonder if this was because I had an audiobook rather than a printed one?).
It felt like the author was trying too hard to throw in plot twists during the final showdown between the last two suspects.
December 23, 2018
A real find. As a retired civil servant I really enjoyed his descriptions of working in the civil service. As a detective story it was excellent. And then I discovered that Nicholas Blake is a pseudonym for the poet Cecil Day-Lewis. I will definitely read more in this series.
April 8, 2018
Interesting twists, but it just didn't feel like an original book.
July 23, 2018
Intensely intriguing
April 10, 2020
Only surpassed by The beast must die.
February 3, 2024
Me aburrió una barbaridad.
January 3, 2018
Overall: meh. The writing is clean and clear. The plot is also clean, without holes. There is a lot of rambling dialog in which characters dig deeply into other characters' psychology, and frankly, it gets a little boring, especially by more modern standards. I'm not sorry I read it. If another Nigel Strangeways mystery falls into my lap, I'll probably read it, especially if I'm not too busy.
October 21, 2012
Nicholas Blake was a pseudonym used by Cecil Day Lewis, former Poet Laureate for Great Britain. Unsurprisingly, there is poetry infused within the pages of this murder mystery...written by Blake/Lewis and by others (with attribution).
Minute for Murder is set just after the close of World War II in England's Ministry of Morale, a department set up for patriotic propaganda. Now that the tension of hostilities has ended, the staff members at the Ministry now begin to look at each other as people with lives outside of the office...especially when one of them is murdered before their very eyes!
The strength of this book is the characterization, starting with lead character and amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways. Quirky and unconventional (strange ways), Nigel is effective not only because of his sleuthing ability but because he is personally affected by the murder of one of his coworkers by another of their number. That is one example of the psychological tone of the book, as each member of the cast is an interesting study in the way relationships and significant events in life can define a personality.
The mystery itself is also clever, and neatly wrapped up and explained in the final chapters (although the author does, very fairly, play with the reader's head before that point). An enjoyable tale.
Minute for Murder is set just after the close of World War II in England's Ministry of Morale, a department set up for patriotic propaganda. Now that the tension of hostilities has ended, the staff members at the Ministry now begin to look at each other as people with lives outside of the office...especially when one of them is murdered before their very eyes!
The strength of this book is the characterization, starting with lead character and amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways. Quirky and unconventional (strange ways), Nigel is effective not only because of his sleuthing ability but because he is personally affected by the murder of one of his coworkers by another of their number. That is one example of the psychological tone of the book, as each member of the cast is an interesting study in the way relationships and significant events in life can define a personality.
The mystery itself is also clever, and neatly wrapped up and explained in the final chapters (although the author does, very fairly, play with the reader's head before that point). An enjoyable tale.
September 19, 2019
Because of my inability to access a hard copy of this book, I fell back on an Audible recording. Unfortunately, the monotone and weirdly phrased, heavily paused reading by Kris Dyer made listening to this book truly snooze worthy. The only character which came out vibrantly was that of Charles, who was given his proper due of quirkiness.
This aside, despite my difficulty in following the book due to the narrator, I discovered this to be an intriguing and interesting plot. I'm still unsure of the validity of the murderer's motives for the crime...they seem to be unnecessarily mixed and complex to me. I picked the murderer correctly early on in the book based on probability and psychology, and felt validated in holding on to my convictions despite the many red herrings drawn by the author as the plot progressed. I was fascinated to learn the how towards the end of the novel because this aspect of the case I found myself unable to fathom. The solution was neat and simple and very satisfying. An enjoyable read.
This aside, despite my difficulty in following the book due to the narrator, I discovered this to be an intriguing and interesting plot. I'm still unsure of the validity of the murderer's motives for the crime...they seem to be unnecessarily mixed and complex to me. I picked the murderer correctly early on in the book based on probability and psychology, and felt validated in holding on to my convictions despite the many red herrings drawn by the author as the plot progressed. I was fascinated to learn the how towards the end of the novel because this aspect of the case I found myself unable to fathom. The solution was neat and simple and very satisfying. An enjoyable read.
April 15, 2024
4,25⭐️
tan intrincado pero interesante! no veo la hora de leer más sobre este autor!!
tan intrincado pero interesante! no veo la hora de leer más sobre este autor!!
November 17, 2016
Me gusto el estilo, la narración , la originalidad en algunas partes del texto, como presenta la información. La informalidad en la redacción en algunas partes.
La historia en sí, es interesante pero me termino confundiendo al final. le sobraron 50 paginas
La historia en sí, es interesante pero me termino confundiendo al final. le sobraron 50 paginas
January 1, 2012
There were some nice subtle clues in this one, and the setting (a propaganda office during WW2) added a lot, since there was an underlying level of tension that couldn't be defused.
March 2, 2024
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July 26, 2014
author didn't like self possessed, non fawning women...but classic plotting.
July 19, 2015
This was a very complicated murder story extremely well written as you would expect from the poet laureate and very convoluted.
June 3, 2024
The first Strangeways after a six year hiatus. Interesting setting (propaganda office after wartime) but otherwise humdrum.
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December 25, 2019Synopsis: who put poison in the blonde, femme fatale's coffee? That woman was Nita Prince. Nigel asks about her affairs.
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