James Hadley Chase ((Rene Brabazon Raymond) (1906 - 1985) - aka James L. Dochery, Ambrose Grant, Raymond Marshall, Rene Raymond - was born in London and initially worked as a book wholesaler. He was heavily influenced by American crime and gangster writers and his own books fall within that genre, with many of them based in the U.S.
Chase developed a number of series characters, with several books dedicated to each and all are fast moving tales of murder, intrigue, blackmail and espionage. Characters include ex commando Brick-Top Corrigan, Californian private eye Vic Malloy, former C.I.A. agent Mark Girland, and millionaire Don Miclem.
Hailed as " the thriller maestro of the generation ", Chase died in 1985.
Series
Dave Fenner
1. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939)
aka The Villain And the Virgin
2. Twelve Chinks and a Woman (1940)
aka The Doll's Bad News
Vic Malloy
1. You're Lonely When You're Dead (1949)
2. Figure It Out for Yourself (1950)
aka The Marijuana Mob
3. Lay Her Among the Lilies (1950)
aka Too Dangerous to Be Free
Steve Harmas
1. The Double Shuffle (1952)
2. There's Always a Price Tag (1956)
3. Shock Treatment (1959)
4. Tell It to the Birds (1963)
5. An Ear to the Ground (1968)Frank Terrell
1. The Soft Centre (1964)
2. The Way the Cookie Crumbles (1965)
3. Well Now, My Pretty (1967)
4. Believed Violent (1968)
5. There's a Hippie On the Highway (1970)Mark Girland
1. This Is for Real (1965)
2. You Have Yourself a Deal (1966)
3. Have This One On Me (1967)
4. The Whiff of Money (1969)Helga Rolfe
1. An Ace Up My Sleeve (1971)
2. The Joker in the Pack (1975)
3. Meet Helga Rolfe (1984)Novels
The Dead Stay Dumb (1939) aka Kiss My Fist!
He Won't Need It Now (1939) (writing as James L Dochery)
Lady Here's Your Wreath (1940)
Get a Load of This (1941)
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941)
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (1944)
Eve (1945)
I'll Get You for This (1946)
More Deadly Than the Male (1946) (writing as Ambrose Grant)
The Flesh of the Orchid (1948)
You Never Know with Women (1949)
Strictly for Cash (1951)
The Fast Buck (1952)
I'll Bury My Dead (1953)
This Way for a Shroud (1953)
Safer Dead (1954) aka Dead Ringer
Tiger By the Tail (1954)
You've Got It Coming (1955)
The Guilty Are Afraid (1957)
Not Safe to Be Free (1958) aka The Case of the Strangled Starlet
The World in My Pocket (1959)
Come Easy, Go Easy (1960)
What's Better Than Money? (1960)
Just Another Sucker (1961)
A Lotus for Miss Quon (1961)
A Coffin from Hong Kong (1962)
I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962)
One Bright Summer Morning (1963)
Cade (1966)
The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1969)
Like a Hole in the Head (1970)
Want to Stay Alive? (1971)
Just a Matter of Time (1972)
You're Dead Without Money (1972)
Have a Change of Scene (1973)
Knock, Knock! Who's There? (1973)
So What Happens to Me? (1974)
Three of Spades (1974)
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (1974)
Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (1975)
Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead (1976)
I Hold the Four Aces (1977)
Meet Mark Girland (1977)
My Laugh Comes Last (1977)
Consider Yourself Dead (1978)
A Can of Worms (1979)
You Must Be Kidding (1979)
Try This One for Size (1980)
You Can Say That Again (1980)
Hand Me a Fig Leaf (1981)
Have a Nice Night (1982)
We'll Share a Double Funeral (1982)
Not My Thing (1983)
Hit Them Where It Hurts (1984)
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