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The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent
First edition (US)
AuthorEdward Phillips Oppenheim
Cover artistArthur Hawkins, Jr. (US)
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (UK)
Little, Brown (US)

Publication date

1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent is a thriller novel by the British writer Edward Phillips Oppenheim, which was first published in 1934. It is set in a boarding houseinLondon.

Synopsis[edit]

Struggling young businessman Roger Ferrison takes a room at a boarding house in Hammersmith. At first his fellow boarders are seemingly mundane, but he gradually notices strange happenings culminating in the murder of one of the residents just outside the house.

Film adaptation[edit]

In 1938 the story provided a loose basis for the comedy-thriller film Strange Boarders made by Gainsborough Pictures and starring Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr and Googie Withers.[1] Significant alterations were made to the plot and characters.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Goble p.967

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