Somebody on the Phone

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Somebody on the Phone
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Author Cornell Woolrich (as William Irish)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Lippincott
Publication date
1950

Somebody on the Phone (a.k.a. Deadly Night Call) [1] is a 1950 short story collection by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym William Irish. It consists of six short stories. [2]

Story list

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References

  1. "Deadly Night Call". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  2. "SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE | Cornell Woolrich, , William Irish | First edition". Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2017-07-15.