wicked, flee, biblical, verse, proverbs, 1940, mystery, crime, novel, british, writer, anne, hocking, second, novel, long, running, series, featuring, detective, character, chief, inspector, william, austen, scotland, yard, authoranne, hockingcountryunited, ki. For the biblical verse see Proverbs 28 The Wicked Flee is a 1940 mystery crime novel by the British writer Anne Hocking 1 It was the second novel in a long running series featuring her detective character Chief Inspector William Austen of Scotland Yard 2 The Wicked FleeAuthorAnne HockingCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSeriesChief Inspector William AustenGenreMystery crimePublisherGeoffrey BlesPublication date1940Media typePrintPreceded byOld Mrs Fitzgerald Followed byMiss Milverton Adaptation editIn 1957 it was adapted into the British film The Surgeon s Knife directed by Gordon Parry and starring Donald Houston Adrienne Corri and Lyndon Brook 3 References edit Hubin p 57 Reilly p 794 Goble p 224Bibliography editGoble Alan The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film Walter de Gruyter 1999 Hubin Allen J 1981 1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction 1749 1980 Garland Pub 1988 Reilly John M Twentieth Century Crime amp Mystery Writers Springer 2015 nbsp This article about a mystery novel of the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Wicked Flee amp oldid 1161465132, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,