Morrow (US, 1949, first edition) Heinemann (UK, 1950)
Publication date
1949
Publication place
United Kingdom
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
247 (first US edition)
Preceded by
The Skeleton in the Clock
Followed by
Night at the Mocking Widow
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