The Beast Must Die
Nicholas Blake
Jan 2012 · CSA Word · Narrated by Kevin Whately
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"I am going to kill a man. I don't know his name, I don't know where he lives, I have no idea what he looks like. But I am going to find him and kill him ..." So commences this classic story of retribution. Felix Lane is bent upon revenge for the death of his young son in a hit-and-run accident, and uses all the knowledge he has gained as a well-known crime writer to track down the culprit. The plot features amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways, a character modelled on W.H. Auden.
A modern classic of crime writing, read by one of our most talented actors,
A modern classic of crime writing, read by one of our most talented actors,
"I am going to kill a man. I don't know his name, I don't know where he lives, I have no idea what he looks like. But I am going to find him and kill him ..." So commences this classic story of retribution. Felix Lane is bent upon revenge for the death of his young son in a hit-and-run accident, ...
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Cecil Day-Lewis was Poet Laureate until his death in 1972, but he also made a distinguished contribution to detective fiction with over 20 superbly crafted novels written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake - "The Beast Must Die" is probably the best known of these. He was educated at Sherborne School and Wadham College Oxford and is the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis.
Cecil Day-Lewis was Poet Laureate until his death in 1972, but he also made a distinguished contribution to detective fiction with over 20 superbly crafted novels written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake - "The Beast Must Die" is probably the best known of these. He was educated at Sherborne Sc...
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