William Irish is rightly called the Edgar Poe of the twentieth century. His psychologically intense, highly dynamic narratives keep the reader in an atmosphere of anxiety and anticipation until the last page. Thus, in the novel “The Phantom Lady,” Scott Henderson, even two hours before the execution, has no evidence of his innocence in the murder of his wife. And Helen Georgeson from the novel “I Married a Dead Man” lives in constant anticipation of the exposure of the impostor - after all, she appropriated the name of the woman who died in a train crash. And when they begin to blackmail her, she decides to kill... In the USA, the name of W. Irish is extremely popular, and many of his works have been reworked for cinema, radio and television. Contents: Phantom Lady I Married a Dead Man