The Black-Eyed Stranger Explained

The Black-Eyed Stranger is a 1951 mystery thriller novel by the American writer Charlotte Armstrong. It was first published in New York by Coward-McCann, an imprint of Putnam.^[1] Armstrong later identified it as one of her favorite books.^[2] Despite her hopes that it might be adapted into a film, as several of her earlier works had been, it was not ultimately optioned by Hollywood studios although Alfred Hitchcock had expressed interest in it along with her previous novel Mischief.^[3]

Synopsis

Crime reporter Sam Lynch discovers a plot to kidnap heiress Kay Salisbury. He takes matters into his own hands to try and prevent this.

Bibliography

• Cypert, Rick. The Virtue of Suspense: The Life and Works of Charlotte Armstrong. Associated University Press, 2008.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Reilly p.43
2. Cypert p.144
3. Cypert p.76-77