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The Black-Eyed Stranger
AuthorCharlotte Armstrong
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery suspense
PublisherCoward-McCann

Publication date

1951
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

The Black-Eyed Stranger is a 1951 mystery thriller novel by the American writer Charlotte Armstrong. It was first published in New YorkbyCoward-McCann, an imprintofPutnam.[1] Armstrong later identified it as one of her favorite books.[2] Despite her hopes that it might be adapted into a film, as several of her earlier works had been, it was not ultimately optionedbyHollywood studios although Alfred Hitchcock had expressed interest in it along with her previous novel Mischief.[3]

Synopsis

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Crime reporter Sam Lynch discovers a plot to kidnap heiress Kay Salisbury. He takes matters into his own hands to try and prevent this.

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.43
  • ^ Cypert p.144
  • ^ Cypert p.76-77
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