The smiler with the knife
1939 • 260 pages

The title is a quote from Chaucer. Georgia spends a year apart from Nigel, spying on a Fascist/Nazi group. The head of the group (a rich and popular person) plans to overthrow the government.

George escapes capture and is rescued by Nigel's father and policeman, Sir John Strangeways.

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13 primary books

#5 in Nigel Strangeways

Nigel Strangeways is a 13-book series with 13 released primary works first released in 1935 with contributions by Nicholas Blake.

#1
A Question of Proof
#2
Thou Shell of Death
#4
The Beast Must Die
#5
The smiler with the knife
#6
Murder with Malice
#8
Minute for Murder
#9
Head of a Traveler
#10
The Dreadful Hollow
#11
The Whisper in the Gloom
#12
End of Chapter
#14
The Worm of Death
#15
The Sad Variety

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