The Beast Must Die

The Beast Must Die (1999) – Nicholas Blake (Pan Crime Classics)
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A grieving father. A cold-blooded plan. A murder you’ll almost root for.
In this brooding classic of golden-age crime fiction, Nicholas Blake (the pen name of poet laureate Cecil Day-Lewis) gives us a revenge tale with teeth. The Beast Must Die follows a crime writer who swears to kill the hit-and-run driver who killed his son—until someone beats him to it.

Blake’s iconic detective, Nigel Strangeways, is on the case in a whodunnit packed with emotional depth, sharp prose, and a twisty sense of justice. This 1999 Pan Crime Classics reprint has that lovely nostalgic mustiness only Crappy Old Books can deliver. Dog-eared? Probably. Cracked spine? Sure. Still brilliant? Absolutely.

Condition: Old but readable. Just like your uncle’s grudges.

Condition as new.

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