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I'll Say She Does

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I'll Say She Does
First edition
AuthorPeter Cheyney
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLemmy Caution
GenreThriller
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons
Publication date
1945
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byYou Can Always Duck 
Followed byG-Man at the Yard 

I'll Say She Does is a 1945 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It is the tenth in his series of novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. Later editions of the book are generally titled I'll Say She Does!

Synopsis

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In the wake of the Second World War, Caution is in Paris on the trail of some missing State Department files. His hunt soon takes him to Britain.

Adaptation

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In 1960 it was made into the French film Women Are Like That directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion and Alfred Adam.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.300
  2. ^ Goble p.82

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 21 Apr 2009.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Panek, LeRoy. The Special Branch: The British Spy Novel, 1890-1980. Popular Press, 1981.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Famous Movie Detectives. Scarecrow Press, 1979.