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Author | James Hadley Chase |
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Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Publisher | Jarrolds |
Publication date | 1954 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Sucker Punch is a 1954 thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase, writing under the pen name Raymond Marshall. Set in Nice, France, an ambitious young man marries a wealthy woman he has no desire for, then plots to kill her for her money.
In 1957 it was made into a French film A Kiss for a Killer directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda. [1] The 1997 Indian thriller Aar Ya Paar also drew inspiration from the novel.