 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | A. E. W. Mason |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Hanaud |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK)[1]
Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1928[1] |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 344[1] |
| Preceded by | The House of the Arrow |
| Followed by | They Wouldn't Be Chessmen |
The Prisoner in the Opal is a British detective novel by A.E.W. Mason, serialised in The Pall Mall Magazine and published in book form in 1928.[2] It is the third full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series, and the only one to feature the occult as a significant plot point.
- ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Green 1952, p. 186.