The Prisoner in the Opal
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | A. E. W. Mason |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Hanaud |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK)
Doubleday Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1928 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 344 |
| Preceded by | The House of the Arrow |
| Followed by | They Wouldn't Be Chessmen |
The Prisoner in the Opal is a British detective novel by A.E.W. Mason, serialised in The Pall Mall Magazine and published in book form in 1928. It is the third full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series, and the only one to feature the occult as a significant plot point.