Malice in Wonderland by Nicholas Blake (English) Paperback Book

Description: Malice in Wonderland by Nicholas Blake A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPrivate detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone calling themselves The Mad Hatter. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description READ ALL AGATHA CHRISTIE? TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPoet turned private detective, Nigel Strangeways receives a desperate call for help from a holiday camp that is being plagued by a series of malicious, and dangerous, practical jokesA VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYPrivate detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone calling themselves The Mad Hatter.The camps owners are convinced a rival firm, desperate to put them out of business, are behind the events. Or could it be a disgruntled employee, or even one of the four hundred guests currently staying at the camp? As the pranks become increasingly dangerous and tensions rise, Nigel must do all he can to uncover the Mad Hatters true identity - before its too late.A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction. Back Cover The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction Elizabeth BowenPrivate detective Nigel Strangeways receives a call for help from Wonderland, a new holiday camp that has recently opened only to be plagued by a series of cruel practical jokes conducted by someone calling themselves The Mad Hatter. The camps owners are convinced a rival firm, desperate to put them out of business, is behind the events. Or could it be a disgruntled employee, or even one of the four hundred guests currently staying at the camp? As the pranks become increasingly dangerous and tensions rise, Nigel must do all he can to uncover the Mad Hatters true identity - before its too late. Flap MORE VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERIES MARGERY ALLINGHAM Mystery Mile Police at the Funeral Sweet Danger Flowers for the Judge The Case of the Late Pig The Fashion in Shrouds Traitors Purse Coroners Pidgin More Work for the Undertaker The Tiger in the Smoke The Beckoning Lady Hide My Eyes The China Governess The Mind Readers Cargo of Eagles E. F. BENSON The Blotting Book The Luck of the Vails NICHOLAS BLAKE A Question of Proof Thou Shell of Death Theres Trouble Brewing The Beast Must Die The Smiler With the Knife Malice in Wonderland The Case of the Abominable Snowman Minute for Murder Head of a Traveller The Dreadful Hollow The Whisper in the Gloom End of Chapter The Widows Cruise The Worm of Death The Sad Variety The Morning After Death EDMUND CRISPIN Buried for Pleasure The Case of the Gilded Fly Holy Disorders Love Lies Bleeding The Moving Toyshop Swan Song A. A. MILNE The Red House Mystery GLADYS MITCHELL Speedy Death The Mystery of a Butchers Shop The Longer Bodies The Saltmarsh Murders Death and the Opera The Devil at Saxon Wall Dead Mens Morris Come Away, Death St Peters Finger Brazen Tongue Hangmans Curfew When Last I Died Laurels Are Poison Here Comes a Chopper Death and the Maiden Tom Browns Body Groaning Spinney The Devils Elbow The Echoing Strangers Watsons Choice The Twenty-Third Man Spotted Hemlock My Bones Will Keep Three Quick and Five Dead Dance to Your Daddy A Hearse on May-Day Late, Late in the Evening Fault in the Structure Nest of Vipers Author Biography Nicholas Blake was the pseudonym of Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis, who was born in County Laois, Ireland in 1904. After his mother died in 1906, he was brought up in London by his father, spending summer holidays with relatives in Wexford. He was educated at Sherborne School and Wadham College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1927. Blake initially worked as a teacher to supplement his income from his poetry writing and he published his first Nigel Strangeways novel, A Question of Proof, in 1935. Blake went on to write a further nineteen crime novels, all but four of which featured Nigel Strangeways, as well as numerous poetry collections and translations.During the Second World War he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information, which he used as the basis for the Ministry of Morale in Minute for Murder, and after the war he joined the publishers Chatto & Windus as an editor and director. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968 and died in 1972 at the home of his friend, the writer Kingsley Amis. Review The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction -- Elizabeth BowenHis plots are ingenious * Times Literary Supplement *A master of detective fiction * Daily Telegraph * Promotional Poet turned private detective, Nigel Strangeways, receives a desperate call for help from a holiday camp that is being plagued by a series of malicious, and dangerous, practical jokes Review Text The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction Review Quote The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction Promotional "Headline" READ ALL AGATHA CHRISTIE? TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Poet turned private detective, Nigel Strangeways receives a desperate call for help from a holiday camp that is being plagued by a series of malicious, and dangerous, practical jokes Details ISBN0099565676 Author Nicholas Blake Pages 208 Year 2012 ISBN-10 0099565676 ISBN-13 9780099565673 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.912 Death 1972 Publisher Vintage Publishing Publication Date 2012-05-29 Language English Series A Nigel Strangeways Mytery UK Release Date 2012-05-29 AU Release Date 2012-05-29 NZ Release Date 2012-05-29 Translator Polly McLean Birth 1969 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781446476642 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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