The Sad Variety

The Sad Variety is a 1964 thriller novel written by the Anglo-Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake.^[1] It is the fifteenth and penultimate entry into the series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. It marked a move away from the murder mysteries of the earlier novels into the then-fashionable spy novel genre.

The Sad Variety

First edition
Author	Cecil Day-Lewis
Language	English
Series	Nigel Strangeways
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Collins Crime Club
Publication date	1964
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Preceded by	The Worm of Death
Followed by	The Morning after Death

Synopsis

Strangeways is called in by the Security Service to protect a professor, whose recent discovery makes him a target for Soviet intelligence, and his daughter. The action takes place in a country hotel in wintery Dorset.