Your Deal, My Lovely is a 1941 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It is the seventh in his series of novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution.[2] Much of the action takes place in wartime London.[3] Caution is called in to investigate the disappearance of a prominent scientist.

Your Deal, My Lovely
First edition
AuthorPeter Cheyney
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLemmy Caution
GenreThriller
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons
Publication date
1941
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byYou'd Be Surprised 
Followed byNever a Dull Moment 

Film adaptation

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It was made into a 1963 French film Your Turn, Darling directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Gaia Germani and Guy Delorme.[4] It was part of a group of French adaptations of Cheyney novels, whose works were very popular in the country.

References

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  1. ^ Server p.63
  2. ^ Reilly p.300
  3. ^ Hutton p.56
  4. ^ Goble p.82

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hutton, Margaret-Anne. French Crime Fiction, 1945–2005: Investigating World War II. Routledge, 2016.
  • James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 21 Apr 2009.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Famous Movie Detectives. Scarecrow Press, 1979.