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| Author | Anne Hocking |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Chief Inspector William Austen |
| Genre | Mystery crime |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Bles |
| Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Old Mrs. Fitzgerald |
| Followed by | Miss Milverton |
The Wicked Flee is a 1940 mystery crime novel by the British writer Anne Hocking. It was the second novel in a long-running series featuring her detective character Chief Inspector William Austen of Scotland Yard.
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.
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.
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