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  1. Jun 4, 2012 · One of the Observer 's 1,000 novels everyone must read, The Beast Must Die is a darkly compelling psychological novel in which a crime writer plans to commit the perfect murder. Respected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder -- a murder that he himself will commit.

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    • Cecil Day-Lewis
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    • Nicholas Blake
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  3. The Beast Must Die is a 1938 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It combines elements of the inverted thriller with a classic Golden Age -style investigation.

  4. Apr 10, 2017 · 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 has been framed.

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    • 1938
    • Cecil Day-Lewis
    • Nicholas Blake
  5. Published in 1938 and picked by the Observer as one of the 1,000 novels everyone should read, this is the fourth in the Nigel Strangeway series, following on from A Question of Proof, Thou Shell of Death and There's Trouble Brewing.

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  6. May 3, 2012 · The Beast Must Die is one of Nicholas Blake's most acclaimed novels and was picked by the Observer as one of the 1,000 novels everyone must read. A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the...

  7. May 3, 2012 · The book concerns crime writer Frank Cairns, pen name Felix Lane, whose six year old son is killed by an unknown hit and run driver. Cairns decides to track down and kill the culprit and confides his thoughts and fears to a diary.

    • Nicholas Blake
  8. Nov 22, 2017 · Respected crime writer Frank Cairnes 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 Cairnes becomes the prime suspect, the author insists he has been framed.

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