7.8 /10 1 Votes
Country United States Publication date 1942 Publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co. | 3.9/5 Goodreads Language English Originally published 1942 Genre Crime Fiction Adaptations Phantom Lady (1944) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Media type Print (hardback & paperback) Similar Cornell Woolrich books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Contents
Plot introduction
A man is first accused, and then convicted, of murdering his wife. As his execution date approaches, his friends frantically search for another woman who would be his alibi witness—but they cannot even find proof that she exists.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
In 1944, the novel was adapted to film, as Phantom Lady.
References
Phantom Lady (novel) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA