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) |    |
| Thou Shell of Death / Shell of Death | (1936) | |
| There's Trouble Brewing | (1937) | |
| The Beast Must Die | (1938) | |
| The Smiler with the Knife | (1939) | |
| Murder with Malice / Malice in Wonderland / The Summer Camp Mystery | (1940) | |
| The Corpse in the Snowman / The Case of the Abominable Snowman | (1941) | |
| Minute for Murder | (1947) | |
| Head of a Traveler | (1949) | |
| The Dreadful Hollow | (1953) | |
| The Whisper in the Gloom / Catch and Kill | (1954) | |
| End of Chapter | (1957) | |
| The Widow's Cruise | (1959) | |
| The Worm of Death | (1961) | |
| The Sad Variety | (1964) | |
| Thou Shell of Death | (1964) | |
| The Morning After Death | (1966) | |
| Whisper in the Gloom | (1977) | |
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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.