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| Original Title: | The Beast Must Die |
| ISBN: | 0330373218 (ISBN13: 9780330373210) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Nigel Strangeways #4 |
Nicholas Blake
Paperback | Pages: 260 pages Rating: 3.85 | 1151 Users | 101 Reviews
Details Containing Books The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways #4)
| Title | : | The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways #4) |
| Author | : | Nicholas Blake |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Pan Classic Crime |
| Pages | : | Pages: 260 pages |
| Published | : | April 9th 1999 by Pan Classic Crime (first published 1938) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Detective |
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The book starts off with the diary of Frank, who addressing the reader tells us that he is going to kill the man who ran over his son. The diary stops at the point where Frank is supposed to kill the person responsible but he fails and the yet the other person turns up dead anyways and Nigel Strangeways is invited over to investigate. The book is well written and intriguing, I haven't really read anything similar but I had a hard time getting into it. I think the writing felt a little dry and the way Nigel solves the mystery seems dubious to me. I usually don't really like mysteries very much anyway but I think someone who's a fan of them would enjoy this one much more than I did.Rating Containing Books The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways #4)
Ratings: 3.85 From 1151 Users | 101 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways #4)
The book starts off with the diary of Frank, who addressing the reader tells us that he is going to kill the man who ran over his son. The diary stops at the point where Frank is supposed to kill the person responsible but he fails and the yet the other person turns up dead anyways and Nigel Strangeways is invited over to investigate. The book is well written and intriguing, I haven't really read anything similar but I had a hard time getting into it. I think the writing felt a little dry andThis is not a typical golden age murder mystery, they are usually about solving a puzzle. There is a murder and a detective to solve it with us, but there is much more emotional involvement in the story than in most books of the type. I recommend it.
A true classic mystery novel. Full review at classicmystery.wordpress.com
3 1/2 stars. This is a highly self-conscious take on the Golden Age detective novel. Characters are constantly saying, "if this was a mystery novel..." The investigation is led by Nigel Strangeways, an amateur detective and intellectual who recites Old English ballads. The first part of the novel is in the form of a diary kept by one of the prime suspects, a mystery novelist who tells us openly that he is plotting to kill the man who he thinks killed his young son in a hit-and-run car crash.
This is a fascinating bit of vintage hokum. The young son of a famous crime novelist is killed in a hit and run incident. The police can find no trace of the car or driver, despite an extensive investigation so the father decides to hunt down the killer himself, keeping a diary of his plans and investigations. After a lucky break he finds the killer and sets his plan in motion but when the murder plot goes awry, the prospective victim is later found poisoned. With the police in possession of his
I am going to kill a man. I don't know his name, I dont know where he lives, I have no idea what he looks like. But I am going to find him and kill him... What do you do when you plan a murder then, inexplicably, your victim turns up dead, and not by your hand?Respected crime writer Frank Cairns is plotting the perfect murder of George Rattery, the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists he
After extension detective work, Frank Cairns discovers the man (George Rattery) behind the hit-and-run death of his son. He plots to murder Rattery, keeping copious notes in his journal. When Cairns fails in his plan, yet Rattery is found murdered by someone else, his journal surfaces placing all the suspicion on him. He hires Nigel Strangeways to prove his innocence in the face of certain guilt.This is a well-plotted, well-crafted mystery that kept me changing my mind throughout the entire
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