A Tangled Web (Blake novel)

A Tangled Web is a detective novel written by Nicholas Blake, the pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis. Published in 1956, it features Blake's recurring amateur detective, Nigel Strangeways.

The novel centers around the aristocratic Roding family and their complicated inheritance situation. The patriarch, Gabriel Roding, has died leaving a cryptic will, creating uncertainty and suspicion among the family members, each with their own motives and secrets. Nigel Strangeways is called in to unravel the complexities of the will and investigate a potential murder as the tangled web of relationships and financial interests within the Roding family becomes increasingly apparent. The story explores themes of family dynamics, greed, and the destructive power of secrets.