No Orchids For Miss Blandish is a 1939 crime novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase.[1] The novel was influenced by the American crime writer James M. Cain and the stories in the pulp magazine Black Mask.[2] No Orchids for Miss Blandish provoked considerable controversy because of its explicit depiction of sexuality and violence.[2] The novel was a great critical success and was included in the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century.
In 1942, the novel was adapted into a stage play which ran for over 200 performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.[3] In 1948, it was adapted into a British film No Orchids for Miss Blandish. The 1971 American film The Grissom Gang was also based on the novel.
It was also the subject of a fairly well-known essay by George Orwell, Raffles and Miss Blandish, and parodied by Raymond Queneau in We Always Treat Women Too Well.