No Orchids for Miss Blandish

No Orchids For Miss Blandish is a 1939 crime novel by the British writer James Hadley Chase. The novel was influenced by the American crime writer James M. Cain and the stories in the pulp magazine Black Mask. Chase reportedly wrote the book as a bet to out-do The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Local goon Riley and his sidekicks decide to hit a jackpot by kidnapping multimillionaire John Blandish's daughter for the sake of stealing her necklace. They do manage to get her until things begin to go murky when her compatriot gets accidentally killed during the kidnap, and an even more deadly gangster mob headed by Ma Grisson and her psychopathic son Slim Grisson decide to snatch Miss Blandish from Riley's gang and hold her ransom. Soon the police are on the trail of the kidnappers, and ex cop Dave Fenner is roped in by John Blandish himself to rescue his daughter and deal with the gangsters.