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Minute for Murder
Minute for Murder
Oct 26, 2024 11:26 PM

Author:Nicholas Blake

Minute for Murder

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

The Second World War has just finished and amateur detective and poet Nigel Strangeways is working at the Ministry of Morale in London, in the Visual Propaganda Division.With war over, life seems to be calm again, that is until the Director's beautiful secretary is poisoned in full view of seven members of the division, including Nigel himself. Who could have killed her? And how?

A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.

Reviews

An outstanding mystery novel. Mr Blake's writing is a delight in itself

—— New York Times

The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction

—— Elizabeth Bowen

His plots are ingenious

—— Times Literary Supplement

A master of detective fiction

—— Daily Telegraph

A master of detective fiction

—— Daily Telegraph
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