Touch the Lion's Paw is a 1975 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. The plot revolves around a major diamond heist carried out in Amsterdam.Burton p.233
Adaptation In 1980 it was adapted into the film Rough Cut directed by Don Siegel and starring Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down and David Niven.Goble p.272
References
Bibliography Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.