They Wouldn't Be Chessmen

They Wouldn't Be Chessmen
First edition (UK)
AuthorA. E. W. Mason
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Hanaud
GenreDetective fiction
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (UK)
Doubleday Doran (US)
Publication date
1935
Media typePrint
Pages343
Preceded byThe Prisoner in the Opal 
Followed byThe House in Lordship Lane 

They Wouldn't Be Chessmen is a 1935 British detective novel by A.E.W. Mason. It is the fourth full-length novel in Mason's Inspector Hanaud series.