C. Day Lewis (Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction)
Principal Series
The Nigel Strangeways series, 1935-1966.
Principal Series Character
Nigel Strangeways, an amateur sleuth, is sometimes found writing scholarly treatises on esoteric topics before he is interrupted by a case. A tall, lean man with blue eyes and unkempt blond hair, he woos and marries a world-famous explorer, Georgia Cavendish. After her heroic death in World War II, he takes up with Clare Massinger, a sculptor, even though she refuses to marry him. Strangeways enjoys unraveling a mystery, although he sometimes finds himself respecting, even...
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