The Headless Lady
First edition | |
| Author | Clayton Rawson |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Great Merlini |
| Genre | Mystery novels |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 pp (in Dell mapback #176) |
| Preceded by | The Footprints on the Ceiling |
| Followed by | No Coffin for the Corpse |
The Headless Lady (1940) is a whodunnit mystery novel written by American writer Clayton Rawson. A character in the novel, a detective story writer named Stuart Towne, has the same name as a pen name of Rawson. This is the third of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist.