There Was an Old Woman (novel)

There Was an Old Woman (also published as The Quick and the Dead)
First US edition
AuthorEllery Queen
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEllery Queen mysteries
GenreMystery
PublisherLittle, Brown (US)
Gollancz (UK)
Publication date
1943 (US)
1944 (UK)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Preceded byCalamity Town 
Followed byThe Murderer is a Fox 

There Was an Old Woman is a novel published in 1943 by Ellery Queen, byname of American writers Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay. It is a mystery novel primarily set in New York City, US.