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No Orchids for Miss Blandish

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This is a newly revised edition of the famous crime novel NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH. For the first time this edition combines the original text from 1939 with the revisions made by the author in 1961. The novel is now widely regarded as one of the top thrillers of the last century. When it was originally published it pushed the social boundaries of the time through its relentless exploration of crime and sexual exploitation. Unlike most crime novels of that era, the characters are rich, deeply realized portraits of those who lived on the fringes of society during the Great Depression -- namely the gangsters, their women, and the men who hunted them. The novel broke sales records when published and has gone onto to sell over four million copies worldwide. Historically important, such literary greats as George Orwell and Graham Greene instantly recognized its merits. In a lengthy essay that securely placed NO ORCHIDS in an honored position in crime fiction, George Orwell wrote that, "In a book like NO ORCHIDS one is not, as in the old-style crime story, simply escaping from dull reality into an imaginary world of action. One's escape is essentially into cruelty and sexual perversion...a brilliant piece of writing, with hardly a wasted word or a jarring note anywhere." Set in the heartland of America during hard times, the story reveals itself along the back roads, roadside diners and street corners of a jaded, threadbare society - a truly unnerving novel updated for a new generation of readers ready to discover the world of James Hadley Chase.
A Lotus for Miss Quon

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When Steve Jaffe discovered two million dollars worth of diamonds hidden in the wall of his villa in Saigon, he had no intention of giving up the loot. All he had to do was organize an exit visa and leave, until his houseboy threatened to go to the police. Jaffe had only meant to stop him, but instead he finds himself a felon with murder on his hands. With little chance to keep his secret, Jaffe becomes a man on the run, and the only person he can trust is a beautiful woman who is prepared to do anything to save him.
You Never Know with Women (Harlequin Vintage Collection)

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Veda Rux, a beautiful blonde, known professionally as a stripper, steals a priceless Cellini dagger from the safe in millionaire Lindsay Brett's home. Her agent, Cornelius Gorman, approaches Floyd Jackson, a private investigator and first-rate blackmailer, and asks him to return the dagger before the theft is discovered.

Jackson should have known there was something wrong with the whole situation, but, blinded by the beauty of Veda and more money than he had ever seen, he agreed to the proposition.

From the moment he fell in love with Veda, his doom was sealed--he was caught up in a relentless intrigue that made him a cat's-paw for murder.

The Way the Cookie Crumbles

The Langtail Press

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In the millionaire's playground of Paradise City, the sinister Ticky Edris is planning the perfect heist. It's taken him years to set up a bank robbery in broad daylight, and with only two accomplices needed: a smooth con man and a smart beautiful blonde. As Ticky's plan gets put into action, luck is on his side, but as people start dying and disappearing, detective Tom Lepski picks up the trail. Suddenly, Ticky's plan is in danger, and if there is one thing he didn't count on, it was the personalities of the very people who are most vital to his plan.
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief

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Banned in the UK! Author and Publisher Fined! Not seen in 70 Years!

This is the story of Miss Callaghan. Not of any particular Miss Callaghan, but of the hundreds of Miss Callaghans who disappear from their homes suddenly and mysteriously and are seen no more by those who knew and loved them.

This is also the story of Raven, who played with clockwork trains, the leader of the White Slave Ring in East St. Louis, who was responsible for the keeping to full strength the army of women for the service of men.

James Hadley Chase needs no introduction now. He has established a reputation for unmitigated toughness and plain writing. Under his blunt treatment, the traffic of women in America is shown to be what it is--a loathsome, corrupt stain on the pages of American history.

The World in My Pocket

The Langtail Press

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This is the job they have all been waiting for. The job that will set them up for life. A million dollars split five ways, who wouldn't be interested? The only catch is that it's the very definition of impossible . . . or is it? Armed with a brilliant plan, the four men and one woman think they can crack it. But as tensions in the group begin to mount and things start to go wrong, the million dollars feels more out of reach than ever. Even though it is right with them . . .

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2010 Ironman 70.3 Syracuse race results: men's race
Examiner.com - Sep 19, 2010
2010 Ironman 70.3 Syracuse race results: men's raceImmediately behind him was James Hadley of Boulder, CO at 24:18. Canadian Sean Bechtel was third at 24:21. The swim was actually so close that pre-race and more »

Gunmen kill EFCC's forensic team leader in Kaduna
NEXT - Sep 14, 2010
Gunmen kill EFCC's forensic team leader in KadunaThis is frightening. it is a sign that something evil is cooking. it is sounding like those James Hadley Chase stories -"One bright summer morning". and more »

House
WSOC Charlotte - Sep 20, 2010
House Daemon's TVROBERT CHASE (Jesse Spencer). Season four saw the addition of three new doctors to the team, including DR. LAWRENCE KUTNER (Kal Penn), DR. REMY HADLEY Episode Title: (HOU-701) "Now What?"all 69 news articles »

Dame Agatha's mysteries
RIA Novosti - Sep 15, 2010
Dame Agatha's mysteries Dame Agatha's mysteriesAgatha Christie is the inspiration for James Hadley Chase, George Simenon and Daphne du Maurier, she is also the literary "grandmother" of the horror story and more »

Our MB man
Hindustan Times - Sep 03, 2010
In the beginning, he stocked thriller novelists such as James Hadley Chase, Nick Carter and Alistair MacLean. He would get them from the discards of private