End of chapter Author:Nicholas BLAKE J.M. Dent & Sons trade paperback, British import. ISBN: 0460024086. Nicholas Blake AKA C. Day Lewis, England's Poet Laureate ( There's Trouble Brewing;The Corpse in the Snowman). A publishing company is sued when removed libelous material is re-added to in a book, then murder is done on the premises-and Nigel Strangeways investigates.