| Hell Is a City | |
| Author: | Maurice Procter |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harry Martineau |
| Genre: | Crime |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson (UK) Harper (US) |
| Release Date: | 1954 |
| Media Type: | |
| Followed By: | The Midnight Plumber |
Hell Is a City is a 1954 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter.[1] It was the first in a series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester. It takes the form of a police procedural, and marked a transition away from the traditional Golden Age detective novel.[2] Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper the same year under the alternative title Somewhere in This City.[3]
In 1960 the novel was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Val Guest and starring Stanley Baker, John Crawford and Donald Pleasence.[4]