Sorry, Wrong Number

by Allan Ullman, Lucille Fletcher

It tells the story of a woman who overhears a murder plot.

Genres: Plays, Mystery, Fiction

185 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1948

Reviews

[Julian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best books that I've ever read! Long familiar with the old Barbara Stanwyck film
entitled "Sorry, Wrong Number", I just recently found out that there is a book by the same title! Lucky me!!! I feel that the book is as good as the classic film that I mentioned above because the book was written after the movie was made and the story was taken from the actual screenplay - I'm telling you, this book is as thrilling as the movie is!!! Happy reading!!!

[Jeremy Trumble · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one hell of a book from start to finish. I could not put the book down once I started reading this story. It gripped me with a vengeance! Thank Gawd it was a fast read...

[Aaron Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This classic gets my cork! It's got it all, see? Family drama, scares, twists, and...MURDER!
Seriously, this is a really good, fun classic.

[Jeffy Ancel · Rating 3 out of 5]

[3.5]

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 3 out of 5]

শেখ আবদুল হাকিমের কিঞ্চিৎ আড়ষ্ট অনুবাদ লেখাটার মহিমা কমিয়ে দিয়েছে। তাছাড়া ২২ মিনিটের রেডিও ড্রামার যে শ্বাসরোধী টেনশন, তা এই নভেল্লা সুষমভাবে ধরে রাখতে পারেনি। হয়তো ছোটোগল্প, অথবা ওয়েট আন্টিল ডার্ক-এর মতো চিত্রনাট্য এই কনসেপ্টের প্রতি সুবিচার করতে পারত। অনুবাদে আমি তা পেলাম না।

[Batı · Rating 3 out of 5]

Affedersiniz Yanlış Numara'yı oryantiring için gittiğim Büyükada seyahatimde bir sahaftan aldım. Bundan hallice çeşitli güzel kapaklı kitaplar sahafın önünde sadece elli liraya dizilmişti. Üretilmiş her işin kötüsünü de tüketmekten, farkı görmekten ve kötü eseri eleştirmekten feci keyif alıyorum. Bana kendimi iyi hissettiriyor çünkü her şeyin en ünlüsünü, kültünü,  iyisini veyahut ödüllüsünü tüketiyoruz. Bu eserlere karşı beklentiyi her seferinde yükseltiyor ve gelişme potansiyeli olanlara karşı bir tatminsizliğe sebep oluyor. Sadece Nolan filmlerini izleyen bir insan, kendisini izlettirmede problem yaşayan ama şahane yönleri de olan bir filmden muhtemelen hiç keyif almayacaktır. Çünkü izlediği filmlerden en kötüsü bile seyirciyi sürükleme açısından asgari başarıya sahipti.

Her neyse, ben de açıkladığım bu sebeplerden Affedersiniz Yanlış Numara'yı aldım ve okudum. Filmlerin sadece sinemada izlendiği ve daha sonra o filmi bir daha görme ihtimalinizin neredeyse hiç olmadığı dönemde yazılmış bu kitap, bir film kitabı. Hal böyle olunca olay akışı çok basit ve sıradan. Bir kadın, hata sonucu kendisine gelen telefonda katillerin bir kadını öldürmek için plan yaptığını duyuyor. Sonra bir bakıyor ki o kadın kendisiymiş! Diyaloglar ise adeta bir yeşilçam filmindeymişçesine:

- Şaka ediyorsunuz, Bay Stevenso dedim. Niçin siz böyle fena bir işe kendinizi karıştırıyorsunuz? Beni denemek istediğinizi biliyorum ve bunun için size gücendim.

Her şeye rağmen bir marmaray yolculuğuma bakan bu kitap benim için keyifli bir deneyimdi. Bir tane daha okur muyum? Hayır.

[Nancy H · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this retro mystery from the 1940's, invalid wife Leona overhears a murder plot on the phone and she is sure someone has switched the phone lines. She contacts the authorities, who don't believe her, and also tries unsuccessfully to contact various people to come to her house, since she is totally alone there. As she gradually starts finding out disturbing things about her husband, her stress and the tension in the story start to grow, and ultimately (and predictably), there is an explosive ending that leaves the reader gasping. This is a short but intense mystery for those who like a quick dose of danger.

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really suspenseful and scary. It is done in such an amazing way building the suspense and having foreshadowing. I originally read this in my creative writing class when we had to read a book and then share it with the class talking about literary devices. I'm currently rereading some of my favorite books that I enjoyed in high school, and I really forgot how much this book can get your heart racing. Absolutely love this book!

[Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Quick and easy read about a woman who overhears a murder plot and frantically tries to stop it from happening. Really good for teaching tension. It's easy to spot the conclusion of the plot pretty early, so it's also a good tool for teaching foreshadowing.

Oh, and it's a play (or rather, a script from an old radio show), which students always seem to enjoy.

[John Marr · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must for fans of the class Agnes Moorhead scenery-chewing "Suspense" radio show. Ullman does a nice job of taking Lucille Fletcher's classic script and stretching it out to book length by padding it out with pure exposition. Being a bitch was just a part, maybe even the smallest, of why she gets it!

[Vicent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es pot llegir (una vegada), encara que el final és absolutament previsible des del començament.

Pel que fa a la traducció de Maria Giménez, és la més horrible que he llegit mai, i mira que n'he llegit de dolentes. Un llenguatge encarcarat, pedant, cursi, artificial... Val la pena llegir aquesta versió catalana per a veure com no s'ha de fer una traducció.

[Antonio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Llibre de misteri i de detectius on Leona, la protagonista, es desespera quan el seu marit no arriba a casa. El llibre té com a element principal el telèfon i gràcies a les diferens trucades que va fent Leona, es va assebentant de tots els secrets del seu marit i de la seva relació

[İdil Alter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Çok tahmin edilebilir olsa da kadının çaresizliği ve hareketsizlik içinde çırpınması iyiydi. Kısacık bir öykü nihayetinde....

Bu aralar çok uzun metinlere giremiyorum. Kısa kısa aralıklar vererek farklı tatlar deniyorum. Bu da öyle bir şeydi işte...

[هدى خورشيد · Rating 5 out of 5]

أستغرقت ساعة وعشر دقائق لإنهائها وكانت ممتعة بحق ، لا يمكن لمن يقرأها ان يتركه عن يده دون التهامها للرمق الأخير ، من الروايات العتيقة والتي اراها من جنس الروايات البوليسية الشيقة والتي وبرغم قدمها حصلت علي لغة قويمة واسلوب سلس وممتع ."من ضمن تحدي 24 ساعة قراءة"

[Liedzeit Liedzeit · Rating 3 out of 5]

The movie is so much better. One of the very best, in fact. Maybe this was written after the movie? I do not know.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lemme tell you I was absolutely CONFUSED at the concept of calling an operator to connect a call before I saw when this was written.

[Carles · Rating 3 out of 5]

El personatge principal d’aquesta novel·la és el telèfon. La trama avança amb cada truc.

Pensar que amb diners pots comprar-ho tot.

Una novel·la curta que es llegeix de seguida. Van passant els minuts ―cada capítol porta com a títol l’hora que és―, i frises per arribar al final i saber com acaba.

―Un encàrrec? Aquí no en prenem d’encàrrecs, senyora ―l’home semblava intrigat... i un xic divertit―. Aquí no servirien de res.
―No? ―feu ella―. Quin número és, aquest? A qui... a qui estic trucant?

[Yaiza · Rating 3 out of 5]

És un llibre de ràpida, fàcil i entretinguda lectura. Per a mi, però, té alguns defectes. Es pot endevinar el final amb només havent llegit poques pàgines i el rol de la dona és molt submís i estereotip.

[Zofia]

1948 Bantam Book (complete and unabridged) by Allan Ullman & Lucille Fletcher