Order of Nigel Strangeways Books
Nigel Strangeways is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by Anglo-Irish author Nicholas Blake. Set in England, Nigel Strangeways is an Oxford graduate who is now an amateur sleuth. Unlike many sleuths, Nigel focuses on the psychological aspects of a crime, rather than hard physical evidence.
Nicholas Blake began his Nigel Strangeways series in 1935 with the novel A Question of Proof. The series lasted a total of 16 novels, concluding with The Morning After Death. Below is a list of Nicholas Blake’s Nigel Strangeways books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Nigel Strangeways Books
| A Question of Proof | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thou Shell of Death / Shell of Death | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| There's Trouble Brewing | (1937) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Beast Must Die | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Smiler with the Knife | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder with Malice / Malice in Wonderland / The Summer Camp Mystery | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Corpse in the Snowman / The Case of the Abominable Snowman | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Minute for Murder | (1947) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Head of a Traveler | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dreadful Hollow | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Whisper in the Gloom / Catch and Kill | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| End of Chapter | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Widow's Cruise | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Worm of Death | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sad Variety | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thou Shell of Death | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Morning After Death | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Whisper in the Gloom | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Nigel Strangeways Synopsis: Thou Shell of Death is the second book in the Nigel Strangeways series by Nicholas Blake. This time, the poet turned private detective is called in to help a legendary World War One flying ace who has been receiving death threats. Fergus O’Brien, a legendary World War 1 flying ace with several skeletons 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 to one of the other guests – and suspects – explorer Georgina Cavendish.