Sorry You've Been Troubled (novel)

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Sorry You've Been Troubled
First edition
AuthorPeter Cheyney
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSlim Callaghan
GenreThriller
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons
Publication date
1942
Media typePrint
Preceded byIt Couldn't Matter Less 
Followed byThey Never Say When 

Sorry You've Been Troubled is a 1942 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It was the fifth book in his series featuring the hardboiled London-based private detective Slim Callaghan. It was published in the United States under the alternative title of Farewell to the Admiral.

Synopsis[edit]

Callaghan barges into a case involving a £40,000 insurance claim following a suspicious-looking suicide, despite the fact that he doesn't represent any client.

Film adaptation[edit]

It was made into a 1955 French film Your Turn, Callaghan directed by Willy Rozier and starring Tony Wright, Lysiane Rey and Colette Ripert.[2]

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 1. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.