James Hadley Chase
(René Brabazon Raymond)
(1906 - 1985)aka
James L Dochery, Ambrose Grant, Raymond Marshall, René Raymond
About James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase 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
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
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)
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)
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)
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. I Hold the Four Aces (1977)
Meet Helga Rolfe (omnibus) (1984)
1. An Ace Up My Sleeve (1971)
2. The Joker in the Pack (1975)
3. I Hold the Four Aces (1977)
Meet Helga Rolfe (omnibus) (1984)
Novels
He Won't Need It Now (1939) (with James L Dochery (James Hadley Chase))
The Dead Stay Dumb (1939)
aka Kiss My Fist!
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941)
Get a Load of This (1941)
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (1944)
Eve (1945)
I'll Get You for This (1946)
More Deadly Than the Male (1946) (with Ambrose Grant (James Hadley Chase))
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)
Tiger By the Tail (1954)
Safer Dead (1954)
aka Dead Ringer
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)
I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962)
A Coffin from Hong Kong (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)
Three of Spades (1974)
So What Happens to Me? (1974)
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (1974)
So Soon To Die (1975)
Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (1975)
Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead (1976)
Meet Mark Girland (1977)
My Laugh Comes Last (1977)
Consider Yourself Dead (1978)
You Must Be Kidding (1979)
A Can of Worms (1979)
You Can Say That Again (1980)
Try This One for Size (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)
The Dead Stay Dumb (1939)
aka Kiss My Fist!
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941)
Get a Load of This (1941)
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (1944)
Eve (1945)
I'll Get You for This (1946)
More Deadly Than the Male (1946) (with Ambrose Grant (James Hadley Chase))
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)
Tiger By the Tail (1954)
Safer Dead (1954)
aka Dead Ringer
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)
I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962)
A Coffin from Hong Kong (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)
Three of Spades (1974)
So What Happens to Me? (1974)
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (1974)
So Soon To Die (1975)
Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (1975)
Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead (1976)
Meet Mark Girland (1977)
My Laugh Comes Last (1977)
Consider Yourself Dead (1978)
You Must Be Kidding (1979)
A Can of Worms (1979)
You Can Say That Again (1980)
Try This One for Size (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)
Omnibus
Double Shuffle / Shock Treatment / Tell it to the Birds (1974)
Come Easy, Go Easy / Cade / My Laugh Comes Last (1993)
Come Easy, Go Easy / Cade / My Laugh Comes Last (1993)
Plays
Anthologies edited
Anthologies containing stories by James Hadley Chase
Short stories
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