Query: 1942 British fiction novels adapted into plays
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Something Nasty in the Woodshed
A Man About the House (novel)
Five Little Pigs
Evidence from documents: Something Nasty in the Woodshed: '''''Something Nasty in the Woodshed''''' is a 1942 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson. It is the tenth in her long-running series featuring the unscrupulous London solicitor and detective Arthur Crook.
A Man About the House (novel): '''''A Man About the House''''' is a 1942 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young.
Five Little Pigs: '''''Five Little Pigs''''' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in May 1942 under the title of '''''Murder in Retrospect''''' and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1943 although some sources state that publication occurred in November 1942. The UK first edition carries a copyright date of 1942 and retailed at eight shillings while the US edition was priced at $2.00.