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The Worm of Death

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The Worm of Death
First edition (UK)
AuthorCecil Day-Lewis
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNigel Strangeways
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Widow's Cruise 
Followed byThe Sad Variety 

The Worm of Death is a 1961 detective novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.[1] It is the fourteenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.[2]

Synopsis

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When Doctor Piers Loudron disappears from his Greenwich home and turn up soon afterwards in the River Thames, his family call in the services of Strangeways to protect their interests during the police investigation.

References

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  1. ^ Stanford p.259
  2. ^ Reilly p.135

Bibliography

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  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Stanford, Peter. C Day-Lewis: A Life. A&C Black, 2007.