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The Big Bow Mystery

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The Big Bow Mystery
AuthorIsrael Zangwill
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
Publication date
1892
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Big Bow Mystery is an 1892 mystery novel by the British writer Israel Zangwill. It was originally serialised in The Star newspaper in 1891, before being published as a novel the following year.[1] Set in London's East End, it is one of the earliest examples of the locked-room mystery genre.

Film adaptations

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The story served as the basis for three Hollywood film versions. The Perfect Crime (1928) and The Crime Doctor (1934) were both set in the contemporary United States, and The Verdict (1946) returned the story to the late-Victorian London setting of the original novel.

References

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  1. ^ Herbert p.251

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
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