Third Party Risk (novel)

Third Party Risk is a 1953 crime novel by the British writer Nicolas Bentley. While holidaying near Marseilles author Philip Geiger is rescued from drowning by a fellow guest at the hotel who soon embroils him in a series of events that lead to murder.

Film adaptation
In 1954 it was made into film of the same title directed by Daniel Birt and starring Lloyd Bridges, Simone Silva and Finlay Currie.