Phantom Lady (novel)

Phantom Lady

First edition
Author	Cornell Woolrich
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	J. B. Lippincott Co.
Publication date	1942
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)

Phantom Lady is a 1942 crime novel written by American author Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym "William Irish". It is the first novel Woolrich published under the William Irish pseudonym.

A man is first accused, and then convicted, of murdering his wife. As his execution date approaches, his friends frantically search for another woman who would be his alibi witness—but they cannot even find proof that she exists.

In 1944, the novel was adapted to film, as Phantom Lady.