Jack Carter's Law

{{short description|1974 novel by Ted Lewis}} {{No plot|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox book |  | name = Jack Carter's Law | title_orig = | translator = | image = File:JackCartersLaw.jpg | border = yes | caption = First edition | author = Ted Lewis | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = Jack Carter | genre = Crime fiction | publisher = Michael Joseph | release_date = 1974 | media_type = Print | pages = 212 | isbn = 0-7181-1322-5 | preceded_by = Jack's Return Home | followed_by = Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon }} ''''' Jack Carter's Law''''' is a 1974 British crime novel written by Ted Lewis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/ted-lewis/jack-carters-law.htm|title=Jack Carter's Law (Jack Carter, book 2) by Ted Lewis|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}</ref> It is a prequel to Lewis's best known work, ''Jack's Return Home'' (1970) which was adapted into the film ''Get Carter'' in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/28/reviving-jack-carter-london-s-toughest-pulp-hero|title=Reviving Jack Carter, London's Toughest Pulp Hero|first=Kevin|last=Canfield|date=August 28, 2015|via=www.thedailybeast.com}}</ref> On Christmas Eve, Jack Carter learns that a supergrass is about to inform to the police and put him and his associates away for lengthy prison sentences. Carter attempts to hunt down the informer, but it proves a far more dangerous task than he anticipates.

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Category:Jack Carter Category:British crime novels Category:1974 British novels Category:Novels by Ted Lewis (writer) Category:Michael Joseph books Category:1970s mystery novels