 Pseudonym of the poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis. He studied at Oxford University. After his study he became a teacher. In 1935, when he was employed at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, he published his first crime novel, which brought him into trouble with the school authorities. He left of his own accord, to earn his living by his writing. In 1969 he abandoned crime writing and took up his poetic laurels. He is the creator of 'Nigel Strangeways', an amateur sleuth. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Nigel Strangeways' Novels | |
| 1) A Question of Proof | 1935 |
| 2) Thou Shell of Death (US Title: Shell of Death [1936]) | 1936 |
| 3) There's Trouble Brewing | 1937 |
| 4) The Beast Must Die | 1938 |
| 5) The Smiler with the Knife | 1939 |
| 6) Malice in Wonderland (US Title: The Summer Camp Mystery) (Also published as: Malice with Murder [1964]) | 1940 |
| 7) The Case of the Abominable Snowman (US Title: The Corpse in the Snowman [1941]) | 1941 |
| 8) Minute for Murder | 1947 |
| 9) Head of a Traveller | 1949 |
| 10) The Dreadful Hollow | 1953 |
| 11) The Whisper in the Gloom (Also published as: Catch and Kill [1955]) | 1954 |
| 12) End of Chapter | 1957 |
| 13) The Widow's Cruise | 1959 |
| 14) The Worm of Death | 1961 |
| 15) The Sad Variety | 1964 |
| 16) The Morning after Death | 1966 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) A Tangled Web (Also published as: Death and Daisy Bland [1960]) | 1956 |
| 2) A Penknife in My Heart | 1958 |
| 3) The Deadly Joker | 1963 |
| 4) The Private Wound (Silver Dagger Award) | 1968 |
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