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1951 novel by James Hadley Chase

But a Short Time to Live
First edition
Author	James Hadley Chase
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Jarrolds
Publication date	1951
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

But a Short Time to Live is a 1951 crime thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase. It was originally published under the pen name of Raymond Marshall. In the United States it was known by the alternative title The Pick-up.

In 1968 it was adapted into a French film A Little Virtuous directed by Serge Korber and starring Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin and Robert Hossein.

References

Server p.61

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.

v t e Works by James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase	No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939) Get a Load of This (1942) Eve (1945) I'll Get You for This (1946) I'll Bury My Dead (1953) Safer Dead (1954) There's Always A Price Tag You've Got It Coming (1955) The Guilty Are Afraid (1957) The World in My Pocket (1959) A Lotus for Miss Quon (1961) I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962) The Soft Centre (1964) Cade (1966) The Whiff of Money (1969) Like a Hole in the Head (1970) Just a Matter of Time (1972) My Laugh Comes Last (1977) Consider Yourself Dead (1978) You Must Be Kidding (1979) You Can Say That Again (1980)
Raymond Marshall	No Business of Mine (1947) Trusted Like the Fox (1948) Mallory (1950) But a Short Time to Live (1951)

Works by James Hadley Chase

James Hadley Chase

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