<div><B>A detective investigates a psychic&rsquo;s deadly predictions in the iconic novel from &ldquo;the supreme master of suspense&rdquo; that inspired the classic film (<I>The New York Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR />   In Woolrich&rsquo;s iconic tale, Detective Tom Shawn saves a lovely young woman from a suicide attempt one night, and later hears her story. She is in despair because the death of her wealthy father has been predicted by a confidence man seemingly gifted with the power of clairvoyance; a man whose predictions have unerringly aided her father in his business many times before. Shawn and a squad of detectives investigate this dire prediction and try to avert the millionaire businessman from meeting his ordained end at the stroke of midnight.<BR /> One of Cornell Woolrich&rsquo;s most influential novels, this classic noir tale of a man struggling with his ability to see the future is arguably the author&rsquo;s best in its depiction of a doomed vision of predestination.</div>

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

<div><B>The basis for the classic 1940s movie from &ldquo;</B><B>the supreme master of suspense . . . whose novels and short stories define the essence of noir nihilism&rdquo; (<I>The New York Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR />  In this classic crime novel, a panic-stricken young wife races against time to prove that her convicted husband did not murder his mistress. Writing in first person from the wife&rsquo;s viewpoint, Woolrich evokes her love and anguish and, finally, desperation as she becomes an avenging angel in her attempt to rescue her husband from execution.</div>

Cornell Woolrich

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Night Has a Thousand Eyes

The Black Angel

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Books By Cornell Woolrich (2 Books)

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

The Black Angel

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