The Private Wound
The Private Wound is a 1968 mystery thriller novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It was one of four stand-alone novels he wrote alongside the Nigel Strangeways detective novels. The title is taken from a line in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. It was a runner-up for the Gold Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers' Association. Synopsis
Near the small Irish town of Charlottesville, the body of the free-spirited Harriet Leeson is found in a river. Her husband and lover both set out to seek the murderer. References

Bibliography
 Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015. Stanford, Peter. C Day-Lewis: A Life. A&C Black, 2007. 1968 British novels
Novels by Cecil Day-Lewis
British mystery novels
British thriller novels
British crime novels
Collins Crime Club books
Novels set in Ireland