Mist on the Waters

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Mist on the Waters
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Author F. L. Green
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1948
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Mist on the Waters is a 1948 thriller novel by the British writer F.L. Green. [1] [2] In an Irish city two men become involved in blackmail and soon begin to feel the effects of this underhand business.

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Adaptations

It was adapted twice for television: first in 1949 for The Philco Television Playhouse starring Torin Thatcher and again in 1956 for an episode of General Motors Presents featuring Katharine Blake and Barry Morse. [3]

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References

  1. Willison p.593
  2. Hubin p.175
  3. Hawes p.265

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