The Wicked Flee

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The Wicked Flee
AuthorAnne Hocking
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector William Austen
GenreMystery crime
PublisherGeoffrey Bles
Publication date
1940
Media typePrint
Preceded byOld Mrs. Fitzgerald 
Followed byMiss Milverton 

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ Hubin p.57
  2. ^ Reilly p.794
  3. ^ Goble p.224

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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.