Phantom Lady (novel)

Phantom Lady
First edition
AuthorCornell Woolrich
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime novel
PublisherJ. B. Lippincott Co.
Publication date
1942
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

Phantom Lady is a 1942 crime novel written by American author Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym "William Irish". It is the first novel Woolrich published under the William Irish pseudonym.

Plot introduction

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A man is first accused, and then convicted, of murdering his wife. As his execution date approaches, his friends and a sympathetic detective frantically search for his alibi, a woman with whom he'd gone to a Broadway show the night of the murder. None of the people who saw them together recall the woman.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

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In 1944, the novel was adapted to film, as Phantom Lady.

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