The Sucker Punch

The Sucker Punch is a 1954 thriller novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase, writing under the pen name Raymond Marshall. Set in Nice, France, an ambitious young man marries a wealthy woman he has no desire for, then plots to kill her for her money.

Adaptation
In 1957 it was made into a French film A Kiss for a Killer directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Henri Vidal, Mylène Demongeot and Isa Miranda. The 1997 Indian thriller Aar Ya Paar also drew inspiration from the novel.