num_pages: 260
description: Frank Cairnes, a popular detective writer who now embarks on a real-life crime of his own, determined to hunt down the runaway motorist who killed his small son Martin.
language: English
title: The Beast Must Die
titlecomplete: The Beast Must Die (Nigel Strangeways, #4)
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Suspense, Classics, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 1624
series: Nigel Strangeways
publisher: Pan Classic Crime