James Hadley Chase

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James Hadley Chase

Writing as Raymond Marshall

About the Author

Bibliography

You've Got It Coming

Strictly for Cash

No Orchids for Miss Blandish

31 Aug 98

Paperback - Hale (n.d.)

You've Got It Coming
"The world is made up of smart guys who get rich and suckers who stay poor," Harry Griffin tells his girl friend, Glorie. "I've been a sucker too long, now I'm going to be smart. I know where I can put my hands on three million bucks so I'm going to take them." This is the story of how Harry Griffin makes his desperate bid to hi-jack a passenger aircraft while in mid-flight, and steal a collection of industrial diamonds. It is also the story of Glorie Dane, who tries to save him from the inevitable consequences of his action. You've Got It Coming contains all the ingredients, the taut suspense and the excitement that we have come to expect from James Hadley Chase, who has been described as by far and away the best writer of thrillers in the English language.

Hardback
Thriller Book Club (n.d.)

Strictly for Cash
Strictly for Cash is the story of how Johnny Farrar made his roll of money. He thought in terms of five thousand dollars and ended up with a quarter of a million, bur he didn't get it legitimately, nor did he keep out of trouble.
From the moment the reins of the richest casino on the Florida coast fell into his hands, he was sucked into a whirlpool of suspense, intrigue, murder and ruthless ambush from which there was nd escape.
Strictly for Cash is a non-stop, action crammed thriller such as only James Hadley Chase can devise.

Hardback
Hale (1998)

No Orchids for Miss Blandish
This is James Hadley Chase's most disturbing, powerful novel - and it is also the most shattering controversial thriller ever written, bar none. It has sold over four million copies all over the world, shocking and enthralling all who have read it.
This no-punches-pulled story of an attractive wealthy girl, kidnapped, held to ransom, and raped by a viciously sadistic criminal captures the authentic ruthlessness of gangsterism in all its searing brutality. It is most definitely not a story for the squeamish.
'A brilliant piece of writing, with hardly a wasted word or jarring note anywhere.' George Orwell
'If you went entertainment you could scarcely do better.' The Times
'A sordid concoction of sex and violence fashioned around the kidnapping of an heiress which became an immediate bestseller.' The Times
'The way he builds up the plot, layer upon layer, is so effective ... a real tension grows and becomes so powerful ... he does not falter.' Sunday Times
'Master of the art of deception.' New Statesman
'Chase is one of the very rare thriller writers capable of always replying intelligently to the question: "What happens next?" He must be considered as one of the greatest story tellers of today, if his inventiveness, his feeling for a situation and absolute personal style are taken into consideration' La Revue de Paris
'Chase is a born novelist; under his pen, adventures unfold without a hitch; characters begin to live' Le Monde

About The Author
James Hadley Chase's (1906-1985) real name was Rene Brabazon Raymond. He was an extremely prolific writer who also wrote as James L. Docherty, Ambrose Grant and Raymond Marshall.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Get a Load of This (Hale, 1984)

Hit Them Where It Hurts (Hale, 1984)

Meet Helga Rolfe (Hale, 1984) (includes An Ace Up My Sleeve, The Joker in the Pack, I Hold Four Aces)

Not My Thing (Hale, 1983)

Have a Nice Night (Hale, 1982)

We'll Share a Double Funeral (Hale, 1982)

Hand Me a Fig-Leaf (Hale, 1981) ( Girland, Radnitz)

Try This One for Size (Hale, 1980)

You Can Say That Again (Hale, 1980)

A Can of Worms (Hale, 1979)

You Must Be Kidding (Hale, 1979)

Consider Yourself Dead (Hale, 1978)

I Hold the Four Aces (Hale, 1977) ( Rolfe)

Meet Mark Girland (omnibus) (Hale, 1977)

My Laugh Comes Last (Hale, 1977)

Do Me a Favour-Drop Dead (Hale, 1976)

Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (Hale, 1975)

The Joker in the Pack (Hale, 1975) ( Rolfe)

Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (Hale, 1974)

So What Happens To Me? (Hale, 1974)

Three of Spades (omnibus) (Hale, 1974)

Have a Change of' Scene (Hale, 1973)

Knock, Knock! Who's There? (Hale, 1973)

Just a Matter of Time (Hale, 1972)

You're Dead Without Money (Hale, 1972) ( Barney, Radnitz)

An Ace up My Sleeve (Hale, 1971) ( Rolfe)

Want to Stay Alive? (Hale, 1971)

Like a Hole in the Head (Hale, 1970)

There's a Hippie on the Highway (Hale, 1970) ( Terrell)

The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (Hale, 1969)

The Whiff of Money (Hale, 1969) ( Girland, Radnitz, Silk)

An Ear to the Ground (Hale, 1968) ( Barney, Harmas, Terrell)

Believed Violent (Hale, 1968) ( Girland,Radnitz,Silk,Terrell)

Have This One on Me (Hale, 1967) ( Girland)

Well Now, My Pretty (Hale, 1967) ( Terrell)

Cade (Hale, 1966)

You Have Yourself a Deal (Hale, 1966) ( Girland)

The Way the Cookie Crumbles (Hale, 1965) ( Terrell)

This ls for Real (Hale, 1965) ( Girland, Radnitz)

The Soft Centre (Hale, 1964) ( Terrell)

One Bright Summer Morning (Hale, 1963)

Tell It to the Birds (Hale, 1963) ( Harmas)

A Coffin from Hong Kong (Hale, 1962)

I Would Rather Stay Poor (Hale, 1962)

A Lotus for Miss Quon (Hale, 1961)

Just Another Sucker (Hale, 1961)

Come Easy-Go Easy (Hale, 1960)

What's Better Than Money? (Hale, 1960)

Shock Treatment (Hale, 1959) ( Harmas)

The World in My Pocket (Hale, 1959)

Not Safe to Be Free (Hale, 1958)

The Guilty Are Afraid (Hale, 1957)

There's Always a Price Tag (Hale, 1956) ( Harmas)

You've Got It Coming (Hale, 1955) Hale (n.d.)

Safer Dead (Hale, 1954)

Tiger by the Tail (Hale, 1954)

I'll Bury My Dead (Hale, 1953)

This Way for a Shroud (Hale, 1953)

The Double Shuffle (Hale, 1952) ( Harmas)

The Fast Buck (Hale, 1952)

Strictly for Cash (Hale, 1951) Thriller Book Club (n.d.)

Figure It Out for Yourself (Hale, 1950) Thriller Book Club (n.d.) ( Malloy)

Lay Her among the Lilies (Hale, 1950) ( Malloy)

You Never Know with Women (Jarrolds, 1949)

You're Lonely When You're Dead (Hale, 1949) Thriller Book Club 1951 ( Malloy)

The Flesh of the Orchid (Jarrolds, 1948)

I'II Get You for This (Jarrolds, 1946)

More Deadly Than the Male (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946) (as Ambrose Grant)

Eve (Jarrolds, 1945)

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (Jarrolds, 1944)

Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (Jarrolds, 1941)

Twelve Chinks and a Woman (Jarrolds, 1940) ( Fenner)

He Won't Need It Now (Rich & Cowan, 1939) (as James L. Docherty)

No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Jarrolds, 1939) Hale Aug 98 ( Fenner)

The Dead Stay Dumb (Jarrolds, 1939)

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