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Head of a Traveller is a 1949 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the ninth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways .
Published in 1949, Head Of Traveller sees Nigel Strangeways in his role as a sort of unofficial police consultant called to a beautiful and ancient manor house to help in solving the murder of an unidentified corpse found close by.
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Jan 19, 2018 · A headless corpse has been pulled from the river behind the house and no one can identify the victim… let alone the murderer. As oppressive thunderstorms roll through the countryside and the mood in the house takes a turn, Nigel has only one lead, but it’s throwing up more questions than it answers.
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Jan 1, 1976 · This Nigel Strangeways mystery, Head of a Traveler (1949), offers a traditional manor house setting, erudite suspects, poetic allusions, and a satisfying, layered solution.
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Aug 15, 2022 · Head of a traveler. by. Blake, Nicholas, 1904-1972. Publication date. 1976. Topics. Detective and mystery stories. Publisher. New York : Perennial Library.
May 24, 2022 · Head of a traveller. by. Blake, Nicholas, 1904-1972. Publication date. 1986. Topics. Fiction in English, 1900-1945 - Texts. Publisher.
A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYStaying with a friend in Oxfordshire, poet turned amateur detective Nigel Strangeways pays a visit to Robert Seaton, a distinguished British poet whom Nigel greatly admires but whose reputation has been on the decline of late.
