Phantom Lady.

WILLIAM IRISH

Publication: J G Lippincott Company, 1942, Philadelphia

First edition. The first novel using the William Irish pseudonym and a modern classic of suspense. Filmed by Universal in 1944 and directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ella Raines and Franchot Tone. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone of milestone works in the history of mystery fiction. Fine bright copy with red ink on top edges bright in a bright fresh price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners. Attractive copy of this scarce novel. After a fight with his wife, Scott Henderson picks up a mysterious woman in a bar and a decision is made to go to dinner and the theater together. They both decide to keep their personal lives out of all conversations. When Scott returns home he finds the police waiting for him because his wife has been murdered. He desperately needs to find the phantom lady who can provide him with an alibi and set him free.