But a Short Time to Live

But a Short Time to Live is a 1951 crime thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase. It was originally published under the pen name of Raymond Marshall. In the United States it was known by the alternative title The Pick-up.

In 1968 it was adapted into a French film A Little Virtuous  directed by Serge Korber and starring Dany Carrel, Jacques Perrin and Robert Hossein.