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1947 novel

Minute for Murder
First edition
AuthorCecil Day-Lewis
LanguageEnglish
SeriesNigel Strangeways
GenreCrime
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Case of the Abominable Snowman 
Followed byHead of a Traveller 

Minute for Murder is a 1947 crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the eighth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways, and the first published following the Second World War. The hero begins the film employed at the Ministry of Morale, modelled on the Ministry of Information that Day-Lewis had worked for during wartime.

References

  1. Stanford p.191

Bibliography

  • Stanford, Peter. C Day-Lewis: A Life. A&C Black, 2007.


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