| Thou Shell of Death | |
| Author: | Cecil Day-Lewis |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nigel Strangeways |
| Genre: | Detective |
| Publisher: | Collins Crime Club Harper & Brothers (US) |
| Release Date: | 1936 |
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| Preceded By: | A Question of Proof |
| Followed By: | There's Trouble Brewing |
Thou Shell of Death is a 1936 detective novel by the British author Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.[1] It is the series in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. It was published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and features a country house mystery. The title is a quote from the Jacobean play The Revenger's Tragedy.[2]