The Widow's Cruise

Oct 27, 2024 7:29 PM

Author:Nicholas Blake

The Widow's Cruise

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY

When private detective Nigel Strangeways books tickets for a holiday in the Greek islands with renowned sculptor Claire Massinger, he has no idea that the trip will end in tragedy.

From the moment the boat sets sail it becomes clear that many of his fellow passengers - from a neurotic widow to the ship's lecturer - have guilty secrets to hide, but do any of them also have a motive for murder? It will take all of Nigel's insight and flair if he is to uncover the truth.

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

Reviews

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

Haunting, lush and delicately nuanced

—— Observer

Rewarding, thought-provoking, witty and often disconcerting, the novel takes the reader into a world of transformations - conjuring a fiction which is tantalizingly vivid

—— Times Literary Supplement

A master of detective fiction

—— Daily Telegraph

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