# The Sad Variety

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- Authors: [Nicholas Blake](https://www.bookquiver.com/cecil-day-lewis)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-05-29

## Description

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY The government's security department have asked private detective Nigel Strangeways to keep a discreet eye on Professor Alfred Wagley, a research scientist who is spending the Christmas holidays in the South-West of England. But someone else is also very interested in the professor and his work, and when his young daughter is kidnapped, Nigel finds himself in a race to avert a tragedy. A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.

## Editions

### The Sad Variety

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9956-562-8
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2012-05-29
- Language: en_GB