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The Smiler With The Knife
The Smiler With The Knife
Oct 28, 2024 9:27 AM

Author:Nicholas Blake

The Smiler With The Knife

Detective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly beginning to adjust to a more relaxed way of life when Georgia finds a mysterious locket in their garden and unwittingly sets the couple on a collision course with a power-hungry movement aimed at overthrowing the government.

It will take all of Nigel's brilliance and Georgia's bravery if they are to infiltrate the order and unmask the conspirators.

Reviews

Georgia Cavendish Strangeways is one of the most complex and likeable characters in the crime fiction of the so-called Golden Age

—— Sara Paretsky , Guardian

Nicholas Blake at the very top of his form

—— Woman’s Journal

An extraordinarily well written and entertaining thriller

—— Saturday Review of Literature

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

If you like your YA witch stories with a difference then I suggest picking up a copy The Circle... [I'm]excited for the next one.

—— Totally Bookalicious

The most interesting book to come out of Sweden this year, and it’s not another crime thriller!

—— fabruary8

[I] enjoyed it so much I can thoroughly recommend this quite superb tale, and urge all to go out and order a copy today. I can’t wait for the second installment.

—— monstersfromhell.co.uk

This was definitely a brilliant book, that is well worth taking the time to invest in and read.

—— Serendipity Reviews

Tense and full of dramatic twists and turns, I look forward to seeing what is next for the witches in part two which is called Fire

—— MeMyBooksandI

Witches are the new black. This is the first in a best-selling Swedish trilogy and it's one you will not want to miss out on... An epic holiday read, it's got a fantastical, interwoven narrative that is just what you need to take you all the from the airport departure lounge to a shady spot beside the pool.

—— www.sugarscape.com

This book was one of those that I just couldn’t put down, and despite its size I found it to be a really quick read. The characters were all so different and yet still fit together in their own way, and I was truly shocked by some of the events. I loved the fact that the book wasn’t too teenage despite taking place in a high school, as the characters have genuine problems to overcome with each trying to find their own way to cope with their powers. A great read, I’m really looking forward to book two!

—— Book Chick City
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