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      The Sad Variety

      by Nicholas Blake
      Published
      Jan 1964
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
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      191
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      A Nigel Strangeways Mystery Book 15

      About This Book

      Nigel Strangeways is asked by the Security Department to guard Professor Wragby and his daughter. Wragby has a secret the Russians are out to get. But by the time Nigel arrives, the Russians have already kidnapped the Professor's daughter. The Professor will do anything to get her back…and Strangeways is thrown into a bizarre game of hide-and-seek where the prizes are a terrified girl, a deadly secret and a slab in the morgue.

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      Book 15
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      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Cozy Mystery Mystery

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      Oct 1979 HarperCollins ISBN 0060804955
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      Dec 1990 Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN 0854561749
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