The Dreadful Hollow Explained

The Dreadful Hollow
Author:Cecil Day-Lewis
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Series:Nigel Strangeways
Genre:Detective
Publisher:Collins Crime Club
Release Date:1953
Media Type:Print
Preceded By:Head of a Traveller
Followed By:The Whisper in the Gloom

The Dreadful Hollow is a 1953 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.[1] It is the tenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.[2]

Synopsis

After a series of poison pen letters in the Dorset village of Prior’s Umborne has led to a man taking his own life, Strangeways is called in by a wealthy local man to try and discover who is sending them. Before long, however, he has to deal with a second victim.

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Notes and References

  1. Stanford p.259
  2. Reilly p.135