Warrant for X

By: Philip MacDonald

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000OK46OM
• Release Date: January 1938
• Publisher: Doubleday Crime Club
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The butler did it!

In Philip MacDonald's world, the butler just may have done it. I was watching a movie, "23 Paces to Baker Street" (1956), about a blind man (Van Johnson) overhearing a kidnapping and murder plot. The film credits said that this film was based on a story by Philip MacDonald. The story turns out to be “Warrant for X,” Originally named “The Nursemaid Who Disappeared.” With a few differences, the story paralleled the film. Then I recognized the name of Anthony Gethryn. It turns out that this book is part of a series that includes Colonel Gethryn. I have even seen another movie with Colonel Gethryn in it that was different from “23 Paces to Baker Street”, but it matched the book to a tee. “The List of Adrian Messenger” (1963), where George C. Scott plays Anthony Gethryn. Naturally, the book is more complex than the movie. And just in case you come in the middle of the series as I did, there are sufficient references to earlier novels to keep you from getting lost. The mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat, and just as you think they have a handle on "the who, what, and why," they are off and running again.