The Whispering Woman

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The Whispering Woman
Author Gerald Verner
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSuperintendent Budd
GenreMystery
PublisherWright and Brown
Publication date
1949
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Whispering Woman is a 1949 mystery thriller novel by the British author Gerald Verner. It was part of his series featuring Superintendent Budd. [1] [2] A young cinema cashier when she is passed a threatening note, delivered by her sister who had been handed it by a mysterious woman. Shortly afterwards she is shot dead from behind.

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Film adaptation

In 1953 it served as the basis for the film Noose for a Lady directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Dennis Price, Rona Anderson and Ronald Howard. [3]

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References

  1. The Publisher, Volume 174. 1960. p.14
  2. Enser p.144
  3. Goble p.477

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