Touch the Lion's Paw is a 1975 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. The plot revolves around a major diamond heist carried out in Amsterdam.[1]

Touch the Lion's Paw
AuthorDerek Lambert
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherE. P. Dutton & Co.
Publication date
1975
Media typePrint

Adaptation edit

In 1980 it was adapted into the film Rough Cut directed by Don Siegel and starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down and David Niven.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Burton p.233
  2. ^ Goble p.272

Bibliography edit

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.