Title: Thou Shell of Death
First published: 1936
Description: Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day.

Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. But despite Nigel's presence, the former pilot is found dead, just as predicted, and Nigel is left to aid the local police in their investigation while trying to ignore his growing attraction to one of the other guests — and suspects — explorer Georgina Cavendish.

*Thou Shell of Death* is a dazzlingly complex and addictive read, laced with literary allusions, from a master of detective fiction.
Subjects: Fiction, crime, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Nigel Strangeways (Fictitious character), Fiction, English literature, Alumni and alumnae, Intellectuals, University of Oxford, Universities and colleges, Gold mines and mining
Places: England
Time periods: 1930s
LC classification: PR6007 A95 T4