CORNELL WOOLRICH/GEORGE HOPLEY/WILLIAM IRISH:

This is Woolrich's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. There are a number of uncollected short stories (nos. 24-52). Nos 53-54 indicate the books that were published under the pseudonym George Hopley. At the end are the books (nos. 55-69) and two uncollected short stories (nos. 70-71) published under the William Irish pseudonym.


  1. MANHATTAN LOVE SONG 1932

  2. THE BRIDE WORE BLACK 1940 (Beware the lady)
    Brud i svart

  3. THE BLACK CURTAIN 1941

  4. BLACK ALIBI 1942

  5. THE BLACK ANGEL 1943

  6. THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR 1944

  7. RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK 1948
    Hämndens ögonblick

  8. SAVAGE BRIDE 1950

  9. NIGHTMARE 1956
    Nattmara

    1. I’ll take you home, Kathleen (One last night)
      Jag följer dig hem, Kathleen
    2. Screen test (Preview of death)
      Filmtest
    3. I.O.U. (I.O.U. – one life/Debt of honor)
      Skuldsedeln
    4. Three o’clock
      Klockan tre
    5. Nightmare (And so to death)
      Nattmara
    6. Bequest (Implacable bequest)
      Arvet

  10. HOTEL ROOM 1958

    1. The night of June 20th, 1896
    2. The night of April 6, 1917 and the night of November 11, 1918
    3. The night of February 17, 1924 (Black bargain)
    4. The night of October 24, 1929
    5. The night of December 6, 1941
    6. The night of September 30, 1957

  11. VIOLENCE 1958

    1. Don’t wait up for me tonight (Goodbye, New York)
      Adjö, New York
    2. Guillotine (Men must die/ Steps going up)
    3. The moon of Montezuma
      Montezumas måne
    4. The New York woman
    5. Murder, obliquely (NB. This is a revised version of 18g)
    6. The corpse in the statue of liberty (Red liberty/The mystery in the statue of liberty)

  12. BEYOND THE NIGHT 1959

    1. Music from the dark (Dark melody of madness/Papa Benjamin)
    2. The lamp of memory
    3. My lips destroy
    4. The number’s up
      Väntan i mörkret

  13. DEATH IS MY DANCING PARTNER 1959

  14. THE DOOM STONE 1960

  15. THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE 1965

    1. The poker player’s wife
    2. Story to be whispered
    3. Je t’aime (When love turns)
    4. The idol with the clay bottom
    5. The clean fight
    6. I’m ashamed
    7. Too nice a day to die
      En alltför härlig dag att dö på

  16. THE TEN FACES OF CORNELL WOOLRICH 1965

    1. The most exciting show in town (Double feature)
    2. The night reveals
      Natten avslöjar
    3. Somebody on the phone
    4. The humming bird comes home (The humming bird)
    5. I won’t take a minute (Finger of doom/Wait for me downstairs)
    6. Adventures of a fountain pen (Dipped in blood/Fountain pen)
    7. The man upstairs
    8. One drop of blood
      En droppe blod

  17. NIGHTWEBS 1971

    1. Dead on her feet
      Dödlig partner
    2. One and a half murders
      Döma sig själv
    3. Death in the air
      Mord i sikte
    4. Dusk to dawn
      Brottets lag
    5. The corpse next door
      Liket vägg i vägg
    6. Murder at the automat
      Den som gapar över mycket...
    7. Graves for the living
      De levande begravda
    8. Mamie ’n’ me
      Risken värd
    9. The screaming laugh
      Natten är ond
    10. You’ll never see me again
      Du ser mig aldrig mer
    11. The red tide (Last night)
      I blind panik
    12. One night in Barcelona
      Farligt spel
    13. The penny-a-worder
      Ord för mord
    14. Life is weird sometimes
      Skuggor i natten

  18. ANGELS OF DARKNESS 1978

    1. Johnny on the spot
    2. Waltz
      Vals
    3. The book that squealed (Library book)
    4. Meet me by the mannequin
    5. Murder at mother’s knee (Something that happened in our house)
    6. Mind over murder (A death is caused)
    7. Death escapes the eye
    8. For the rest of her life
      För återstoden av livet

  19. THE FANTASTIC STORIES OF CORNELL WOOLRICH 1981

    1. Kiss of the cobra
    2. I’m dangerous tonight
    3. Guns, gentlemen (Twice-trod path)
    4. Speak to me of death
      Tala inte om döden
    5. Jane Brown’s body

  20. REAR WINDOW AND FOUR SHORT NOVELS 1984 (Rear window and other stories)

    1. Change of murder
    2. Post-mortem
    3. Momentum (Murder always gathers momentum)
      Momentum: kropp satt i rörelse
    4. Rear window (It had to be murder)
      Fönstret åt gården

  21. BLIND DATE WITH DEATH 1985

    1. The living lie down with the dead (One night to be dead sure of)
    2. Blind date with death
    3. The riddle of the redeemed dips
    4. Flowers from the dead
    5. Crazy house
    6. The case of the maladroit manicurist
    7. Leg man
    8. If the shoe fits

  22. DARKNESS AT DAWN 1985

    1. Walls that hear you
    2. Death sits in the dentist’s chair (Hurting much)
    3. Hot water
    4. The showboat murders
    5. The death of me
    6. The corpse and the kid (Blind date/Boy with body)
    7. The body upstairs
    8. Murder in wax

  23. VAMPIRE’S HONEYMOON 1985

    1. Vampire’s honeymoon
    2. The street of jungle death





  24. The phantom of the subway 1936 (You pays your nickel)
    Vålnaden i tunneln

  25. Murder on the night boat 1937

  26. Invitation to sudden death 1937 (Blue is for bravery)

  27. Mimic murder 1937

  28. Cab, mister? 1937

  29. Death in round 3 1937

  30. The heavy sugar 1937

  31. The inside story 1937 (Murder story)

  32. Don’t bet on murder 1937 (You bet your life)

  33. Endicott’s girl 1938

  34. After-dinner story 1938
    Middag med efterspel

  35. Tokyo, 1941 1939 (The eye of doom: IV)

  36. The ice pick murders 1940 (Death in duplicate)

  37. Cinderella and the mob 1940
    Askungen och gangsterligan

  38. C-jag 1940 Cocaine/Just enough to cover a thumbnail

  39. Absent-minded murder 1941 (Cool, calm and detected)

  40. Death at the burlesque 1941 (The fatal footlights)

  41. The last bus home 1941 (Of time and murder)

  42. The body in Grant’s tomb 1943
    Tiga är guld

  43. Dead roses 1943 (The death rose)

  44. Death between dances 1947
    Paus i dansen

  45. The hunted 1953

  46. Blonde beauty slain 1959
    Blond skönhet mördad

  47. Money talks 1962

  48. Murder after death 1964

  49. It only takes a minute to die 1966
    Det tar bara nån minut att dö

  50. Divorce – New York style 1967

  51. The release 1968
    Frigivning

  52. New York blues 1970
    New York Blues





  53. NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES 1945
    Natten har tusen ögon

  54. FRIGHT 1950
    Ödets ironi





  55. PHANTOM LADY 1942
    En dam är förlorad

  56. I WOULDN’T BE IN YOUR SHOES 1943

    1. I wouldn’t be in your shoes
      Jag skulle inte vilja vara i dina skor

  57. DEADLINE AT DAWN 1944
    Frist till gryningen

  58. IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE 1945

    1. I’ll never play detective again
    2. If I should die before I wake
    3. Two murders, one crime (Three kills for one/The loophole)

  59. BORROWED CRIME 1946

    1. The cape triangular
    2. Detective William Brown
    3. Borrowed crime
    4. Chance (Dormant account)

  60. THE DANCING DETECTIVE 1946

    1. The dancing detective (Dime a dance)
      Dödsdansen
    2. The detective’s dilemma (Only one grain more)
    3. Two fellows in a furnished room (He looked like murder)
    4. The fingernail (The customer’s always right)
    5. Fur jacket (What the well dressed corpse will wear/The mathematics of murder/The body of a well-dressed woman)
    6. Silent as the grave
    7. The light in the window
      Ljuset i fönstret

  61. WALTZ INTO DARKNESS 1947
    Ljuva Bonny - farliga Bonny

  62. DEAD MAN BLUES 1948

    1. Funeral (Your own funeral/That’s your own funeral)
    2. You take ballistics
    3. If the dead could talk
    4. The earring (The death stone)
    5. Fire escape (The boy cried murder)
      Fönstret

  63. I MARRIED A DEAD MAN 1948
    Till det bittra slutet

  64. THE BLUE RIBBON 1949

    1. The blue ribbon
    2. Husband
    3. Subway
    4. Wardrobe trunk (Dilemma of the dead lady)
    5. The lie
    6. Wild Bill Hiccup
    7. Hot towel
    8. The dog with the wooden leg
      Hunden med träbenet

  65. SIX NIGHTS OF MYSTERY 1950

    1. One night in Montreal (Crime on St. Catherine Street/All it takes is brains)
    2. One night in Paris (Underworld trail)
    3. One night in New York (Face work/Angel face)
    4. One night in Chicago (Collared)
    5. One night in Zacamoras (Señor Flatfoot)
    6. One night in Hollywood (Picture frame/Dead shot)

  66. SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE 1950 (Night I died/Deadly night call)

    1. The night I died
    2. The room with something wrong (Mystery in room 913/The suicide room)
      Mysteriet i rum 913

  67. STRANGLER’S SERENADE 1951

  68. BLUEBEARD’S SEVENTH WIFE 1952

    1. The morning after murder (Murder on my mind)
    2. Bluebeard’s seventh wife
    3. The hat (The counterfeit hat/The singing hat)
    4. Through a dead man’s eye
      Emaljögat
    5. Silhouette

  69. EYES THAT WATCH YOU 1952

    1. Damned clever, these Americans (Clever, these Americans)
    2. Stuck (Stuck with murder)
    3. Flat tire (Short order kill)
    4. Charlie won’t be home tonight
    5. Eyes that watch you (The case of the talking eyes/The talking eyes)
      Talande ögon
    6. All at once, no Alice
    7. Murder with a u (U, as in murder)





  70. The orphan diamond 1942 (Orphan ice)

  71. Steps... coming nearer 1964




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