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
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A Question of Proof |
(1935) |
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Thou Shell of Death / Shell of Death |
(1936) |
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There’s Trouble Brewing |
(1937) |
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The Beast Must Die |
(1938) |
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The Smiler with the Knife |
(1939) |
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Murder with Malice / Malice in Wonderland / The Summer Camp Mystery |
(1940) |
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The Corpse in the Snowman / The Case of the Abominable Snowman |
(1941) |
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Minute for Murder |
(1947) |
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Head of a Traveler |
(1949) |
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The Dreadful Hollow |
(1953) |
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The Whisper in the Gloom / Catch and Kill |
(1954) |
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End of Chapter |
(1957) |
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The Widow’s Cruise |
(1959) |
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The Worm of Death |
(1961) |
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The Sad Variety |
(1964) |
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Thou Shell of Death |
(1964) |
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The Morning After Death |
(1966) |
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Whisper in the Gloom |
(1977) |