Danger Signal (novel)

Danger Signal
First edition (UK)
AuthorPhyllis Bottome
Original titleMurder in the Bud
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherFaber and Faber (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1939
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Danger Signal is a 1939 thriller novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. Typist Hilda Fenchurch broods over her failed love affair with medical student Ronnie Mason, and is disturbed when she discovers that he has now turning his attention towards her younger sister. Fearful of the exposure of her own affair, she resolves to murder him. It was originally published under the alternative title of Murder in the Bud.