A Kiss before Dying, Levin's first novel, earned him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and is regarded as a modern classic. So the young man provides his bride to be with some pills that will solve the problem. The book has been adapted twice for the cinema: first in 1956 and later in 1991. It won the 1954 Edgar Award, for Best First Novel.

They are to be married and her life will be blissful but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiancé's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth. A Kiss Before Dying: A Novel (Pegasus Crime) : Amazon. A Kiss Before Dying is a 1953 novel written by Ira Levin. Unabridged Audiobook Categories: Literature & Fiction Contemporary Fiction. 'As dazzling as anything brought off by Ellery Queen or Agatha Christie' New York Times 'Incomparable excitement' New York Times Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. A Kiss Before Dying as its meant to be heard, narrated by Mauro Hantman.

They are to be married and her life will be blissful but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiance's plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth. Dorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. Ira Levin's award-winning first novel reissued with a new introduction by Chelsea Cain. Description for Kiss Before Dying Paperback.

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