Blame the Dead
First edition | |
| Author | Gavin Lyall |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Colin Andrews |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1972 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 376 |
| ISBN | 9781448200856 |
| Preceded by | Freedom's Battle: The War in the Air 1939-1945 |
| Followed by | Judas Country |
Blame the Dead is the sixth novel by English author Gavin Lyall, first published in December 1972. It was followed by Judas Country, which was the last of his aviation novels.
Blame the Dead is an adventure thriller, a genre popular throughout the sixties. Lyall wrote a number of successful books in this genre before switching to espionage novels in the eighties. The novel concerns a private eye's effort to track down the murderer of an insurance underwriter. The murder takes place in France and the climax is set in Norway.