1940 novel
The Wicked Flee is a 1940 mystery crime novel by the British writer Anne Hocking.[1] It was the second novel in a long-running series featuring her detective character Chief Inspector William Austen of Scotland Yard.[2]
Adaptation
In 1957 it was adapted into the British film The Surgeon's Knife directed by Gordon Parry and starring Donald Houston, Adrienne Corri and Lyndon Brook.[3]
References
- ^ Hubin p.57
- ^ Reilly p.794
- ^ Goble p.224
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hubin, Allen J. 1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980. Garland Pub., 1988.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.