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A Penknife in My Heart

A Penknife in My Heart

A Penknife in My Heart

by Nicholas Blake

Publisher Collins Crime Club

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About the book

Two men - total strangers - establish the perfect alibis by arranging to switch victims.

Ned Stowe will kill Stuart Hammer's wealthy uncle, for which service Hammer is to eliminate Stowe's neurotic wife, Helena.

Too far-fetched Perhaps. But the men plot - and the plan, with its horrifyingly simple premise, is solidified...

About the Author

Nicholas Blake

Cecil Day-Lewis CBE, often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways.

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Very good first edition, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket. Some fading and discolouration to the hardcover. The dust-jacket has minor tears, particularly along the edges and corners, with some staining and discolouration. Foxing and yellowing to the pages and edges. This book is located in our Brighton store, and may take longer for delivery.

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