A Tangled Web (Blake novel)
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| Author | Cecil Day-Lewis |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | 'Farnhill' |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
A Tangled Web is a 1956 British crime novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.[1] It was one of four stand-alone novels he wrote under the name alongside the Nigel Strangeways detective novels. It was published by Harper in the United States under the alternative title Death and Daisy Bland.[2]
Synopsis
Daisy Bland, a country girl working in a London dress shop, encounters the charming Hugo Chesterman and they begin a relationship. She discovers that he is a cat burglar. However, when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit, her evidence unwittingly threatens to send him to the gallows.
References
Bibliography
- Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
- Stanford, Peter. C Day-Lewis: A Life. A&C Black, 2007.