''I'll Get You For This'' is a 1946 action thriller novel by British writer
James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase (24 December 1906 – 6 February 1985) was an English writer. While his birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, he was well known by his various pseudonyms, including James Hadley Chase, James L. Docherty, Raymond ...
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Synopsis
Chester Cain, a small-time ex hit man and ace gambler, tired of his old life, moves to Paradise Palms, "some seventy miles from Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
", to start a new life with his lifetime savings, only to come across a set of ruthless people who try to use him and implicate him in a crime which he has not committed. Soon the cops are after Cain, who goes on the run, along with newfound Ms.Wonderly, a homeless wayward girl, who has also been framed like him. Cain is left with no choice but to use his skills to prove his innocence and get to the bottom of the situation.
This book is incredibly action-packed, despite the fact that Chase novels are typically thrillers and not just action novels.
See also
''I'll Get You for This
''I'll Get You for This'' (released in the USA as ''Lucky Nick Cain'') is a 1951 British thriller film by Joseph M. Newman starring George Raft, Coleen Gray, and Enzo Staiola. It was made from an adaptation by George Callahan and William R ...
'', 1951 film of the book
References
External links
James Hadley Chase tribute website.
1946 British novels
Novels by James Hadley Chase
British thriller novels
Novels set in the Las Vegas Valley
British novels adapted into films
Jarrold Publishing books
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