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Home / Authors / Nicholas Blake Nicholas Blake British author Nicholas Blake, the pseudonym of poet Cecil Day-Lewis, is best known for the Nigel Strangeways detective series. His crime novels are celebrated for their literary quality and psychological depth. This page provides the Nicholas Blake books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1935 A Question of Proof POoNSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1936 Thou Shell of Death / Shell of Death POoNSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1937 There's Trouble Brewing POoNSB · 3 Buy ↗ 1938 The Beast Must Die POoNSB · 4 Buy ↗ 1939 The Smiler with the Knife POoNSB · 5 Buy ↗ 1940 Murder with Malice / Malice in Wonderland / The Summer Camp Mystery POoNSB · 6 Buy ↗ 1941 The Corpse in the Snowman / The Case of the Abominable Snowman POoNSB · 7 Buy ↗ 1947 Minute for Murder POoNSB · 8 Buy ↗ 1949 Head of a Traveler POoNSB · 9 Buy ↗ 1953 The Dreadful Hollow POoNSB · 10 Buy ↗ 1954 The Whisper in the Gloom / Catch and Kill POoNSB · 11 Buy ↗ 1956 A Tangled Web / Death and Daisy Bland POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1957 End of Chapter POoNSB · 12 Buy ↗ 1958 A Penknife in My Heart POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1959 The Widow's Cruise POoNSB · 13 Buy ↗ 1961 The Worm of Death POoNSB · 14 Buy ↗ 1963 The Deadly Joker POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1964 The Sad Variety POoNSB · 15 Buy ↗ 1964 Thou Shell of Death POoNSB · 16 Buy ↗ 1966 The Morning After Death POoNSB · 17 Buy ↗ 1968 The Private Wound POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1977 Whisper in the Gloom POoNSB · 18 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 4 books · 1956–1968
01 A Tangled Web / Death and Daisy Bland 1956 Buy ↗ 02 A Penknife in My Heart 1958 Buy ↗ 03 The Deadly Joker 1963 Buy ↗ 04 The Private Wound 1968 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Nigel Strangeways Books 18 books · 1935–1977
01 A Question of Proof 1935 Buy ↗ 02 Thou Shell of Death / Shell of Death 1936 Buy ↗ 03 There's Trouble Brewing 1937 Buy ↗ 04 The Beast Must Die 1938 Buy ↗ 05 The Smiler with the Knife 1939 Buy ↗ 06 Murder with Malice / Malice in Wonderland / The Summer Camp Mystery 1940 Buy ↗ 07 The Corpse in the Snowman / The Case of the Abominable Snowman 1941 Buy ↗ 08 Minute for Murder 1947 Buy ↗ 09 Head of a Traveler 1949 Buy ↗ 10 The Dreadful Hollow 1953 Buy ↗ 11 The Whisper in the Gloom / Catch and Kill 1954 Buy ↗ 12 End of Chapter 1957 Buy ↗ 13 The Widow's Cruise 1959 Buy ↗ 14 The Worm of Death 1961 Buy ↗ 15 The Sad Variety 1964 Buy ↗ 16 Thou Shell of Death 1964 Buy ↗ 17 The Morning After Death 1966 Buy ↗ 18 Whisper in the Gloom 1977 Buy ↗