Choice of Two Women is a 1951 crime thriller novel by English writer Gerald Butler.[1] It was his sixth novel and was written in the hardboiled style, at the height of its popularity.[2] It was first published as a hardcover edition in Britain by Jarrolds Publishing on 20 September 1951; Digit Books issued a paperback edition in 1960. In the United States, Rinehart & Company issued the book as a hardcover edition under the alternative title Blow Hot, Blow Cold on 2 July 1951 (Butler's only novel to receive publication in the United States ahead of its British print);[3] the Dell Publishing paperback edition was also issued under the alternate title in 1953.

Choice of Two Women
Cover artwork of Jarrolds Publishing's 1951 British hardcover edition.
AuthorGerald Butler
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime, thriller
Set inFrench Riviera
PublisherJarrolds
Publication date
20 September 1951 (1951-09-20)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
OCLC810511355
Cover artwork of Dell Publishing's 1953 American paperback edition.

Synopsis

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On the French Riviera, a weak-willed adventurer is forced to choose between an apparently wealthy woman and a poor but honest barmaid who truly loves him. He makes the wrong choice and becomes drawn into a web of crime by the former.

Publication history

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References

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  1. ^ Hubin p.59
  2. ^ Horsley p.140
  3. ^ a b University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "Blow hot, blow cold". Copyright Renewals - Spotlight at Stanford. Retrieved 2024-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England". Newspapers.com. 1951-09-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  5. ^ The English catalogue of books. New York: Kraus Reprint Corporation Publishers' Circular [etc.] 1835.
  6. ^ The Washington Post 1951-07-29: Iss 27436. 1951-07-29.
  • Horsley, Lee. The Noir Thriller. Springer, 2016.
  • Hubin, Allen J. 1981-1985 Supplement to Crime Fiction, 1749-1980. Garland Pub., 1988.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.