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The Dreadful Hollow
First edition
Author Cecil Day-Lewis
LanguageEnglish
Series Nigel Strangeways
GenreDetective
Publisher Collins Crime Club
Publication date
1953
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint
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.

References

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

Bibliography

  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Stanford, Peter. C Day-Lewis: A Life. A&C Black, 2007.