James Hardley Chase!!! My favourite author of all times. I never joked with his books and still will not.
I read a couple of them wayback, can't find any of mine now:

Lay her among the lilies.
Like a hole in the head,
A whiff of time
Want to stay alive? (Poke Toholo ) - this is a must read
Double shuffle,
men........... i can't seem to remember most of the titles now
more to come...........................

nicetohave, i've since given up. But somebody should try to answer my own quiz

Guys, check this out;

JAMES HADLEY CHASE*


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Al Barney is featured in:


An Ear to the Ground (1968) You're Dead Without Money (1972)

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Dave Fenner, a reporter turned private eye, is featured in:


No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939)
APA The Villain and the Virgin Twelve Chinks and a Woman (1940)
APA 12 Chinamen and a Woman;
The Doll's Bad News

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Mark Girland, a high-living (when he can) ex-CIA operative, is featured in:


This is for Real (1965)
You Have Yourself a Deal (1967)

Have this One on Me (1967)
Believed Violent (1968)
The Whiff of Money (1969)


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Steve Harmas is featured in:


The Double Shuffle (1952)
There's Always a Price Tag (1956)
Shock Treatment (1959)
Tell it to the Birds (1963)


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Vic Malloy, a private investigator in California, is featured in :


You're Lonely When You're Dead (1949)
Figure It Out for Yourself (1950)
APA The Marijuana Mob
Lay Her Among the Lilies (1950)
APA Too Dangerous to Be Free; Strictly for Cash

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Helga Rolfe is featured in:


An Ace Up My Sleeve (1971)
The Joker in the Pack (1975)
I Hold the Four Aces (1977)

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Frank Terrell is featured in:


The Soft Center (1964)
The Way the Cookie Crumbles (1965)
Well Now, My Pretty (1967)
There's A Hippie on the Highway (1970)


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Non-series books:


The Dead Stay Dumb (1939)
APA Kiss My Fist!
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941)

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (1944)

Eve (1945)

I'll Get You for This (1951)

The Flesh of the Orchid (1948)

You Never Know with Women (1949)

The Fast Buck
(1952)

This Way for a Shroud (1953)

I'll Bury My Dead (1953)

Tiger by the Tail (1954)

Safer Dead (1954)
APA Dead Ringer

You've Got It Coming (1955)

The Guilty Are Afraid
(1957)

Not Safe to Be Free (1958)
The Case of the Strangled Starlet

The World in My Pocket (1959)

What's Better Than Money? (1960)

Come Easy--Go Easy (1960)

A Lotus for Miss Quon (1960)

Just Another Sucker
(1961)

I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962)

A Coffin in Hong Kong (1962)
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)

Knock Knock Who's There? (1973)

Have a Change of Scene (1973)

Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (1974)

So What Happens to Me (1974)

Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (1975)

Do Me A Favor--Drop Dead (1975)

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)

We'll Share a Double Funeral (1982)

Have a Nice Night (1982)

Not My Thing (1983)

Hit Them Where it Hurts (1984)

Get a Load of This (1984)




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Written as Raymond Marshall
Brick-Top Corrigan, a corrupt ex-commando, is featured in:



Mallory (1950) Why Pick on Me? (1951)

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Written as Raymond Marshall
Don Micklem, a millionaire playboy, is featured in:



Mission to Venice (1954)

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Written as Raymond Marshall
Non-series books:



Lady--Here's Your Wreath (1940)
Just the Way It Is (1944)

Blonde's Requiem (1945)

Make the Corpse Walk
(1946)

No Business of Mine (1947)

Trusted Like the Fox (1948)

The Paw in the Bottle (1948)
In a Vain Shadow (1951)
But a Short Time to Live (1951)

The Wary Transgressor (1952)

The Things Men Do (1953)

The Sucker Punch (1954)

You Find Him--I'll Fix Him (1956)

Hit and Run (1958)



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Written as Ambrose Grant
A non-series book:



More Deadly than the Male (1946)

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Written as James L. Docherty
A non-series book:



He Won't Need It Now (1939)

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* Chase didn't use a series character although some characters appeared in more than one book.

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Cushman i have to say that your list is impressive.

I have an answer to a part of your question, David Ellis made the statement but i don't know who he said it to, please lets have the answer.

Also the title "Lay her among the lilies" also comes under the title "too dangerous to be free"

Now to the answer to my questions:

The title of the novel the poem/quote came from is Youre Lonely when youre dead
Benny Ricks, one of Vic Malloy's investigators at universal services, a private investigating outfit said it
He composed it for the redhead Gail Bolus

It will interest every one that Vic Malloy also featured in Lay her among the lilies (that is my tip Bagoma, sorry  ) but without Benny Ricks and Dana Lewis, two of his investigators who had died in Youre Lonely when youre dead, both killed by Mark Thayler and Gail Bolus respectively.

Better luck next quiz Bagoma and cushman    maybe this might be of help

http://jameshadleychase.free.fr/summary.htm#T21

The poem/quote once again is

She was a Phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight
a lovely apparition sent
to be a moment's ornament
Anyone could easily confirm it in YOURE LONELY WHEN YOURE DEAD, the judges decision is final and is always fair

Have a pleasant evening.

"Treason is but trusted like the fox

    who, ne'er so tame, so cherish'd and locked up

    will have a wild trick of his ancestors"


         Crane said it to me cushman(David Ellis) 

.... when he (crane) wanted to let David Ellis know that he knew all along he was the wanted

     cushman the traitor and that trusting him is like trusting a fox!
       

@ nicetohave, perhaps your name should change to something like terribletotrust
i cant believe your declaration right now.
i'm mad, so grieviously vexxed..... the object of my anger?
the quiz master of course.
never will i trust a quiz master again, never!

well that means it'll be difficult to trust you cushman thanks for the answer

Bagoma, please calm down.............never trust even your lecturer if he's nodding while youre answering his questions, it doesnt mean youre getting it right.....it only means "have your facts right"

I have some chase to give away (about 5) on this forum and i'll surely send you a complimentary one still, but you got the question wrong.

you know why i'm mad?
you literally sent me the wrong way. you deceived me on purpose.
i didnt even want to participate in the first place.
oh i'm so so so so so mad. i feel like strangling someone's neck! that would surely make me feel better.
Now who could that be?


nicetohave, i think.

How do i redeem my neck Baggy? hey this is all fun and youre a part of this thread, so its a must you have to participate in present and future contest on this thread.......feel me?

@nicetohave, you can trust me with your life and i will never betray you. Better believe that!

nicetohave,
tell you a secret, you only just think your neck is holding your head up, BUT its not! NO, not when i catch you.
you think i'll participate in your quiz again? now thats really funny, downright hillarious

Now a guy must have a way of pacifying a lady, even when he's cunning judge...........otherwise he's no more a man, dont let me down Baggy, whats it gonna be?

No its not as easy as that. try again.

Bagoma, what nicetohave did was right please don't let him down

yeah, right cushman, why wont you be in support of him (cant bring myself to call him niceto anything) you already thought you had lost out to me didnt you.
now its your turn to laugh at me, mind you i am very, very mean.

Bagoma, why live in the past? let go and lets live

Quiz time, quiz time............

quiz time indeed.
never. once bitten, 100 times shy!
cushman can be your candidate! you guys have fun,
ciao.

Oh come on bagoma, you can't just walk out on us just because of this. We need you here

infact, no Bagoma no quiz

Bagoma this is a give away, pleaseeeeeee :

" How dare you pry into my private papers ! You LovePeddler ! " he exclaimed harshly.
" I would rather be a LovePeddler than a crippled joke ! " she screamed at him.
Then it happened.
Blood rushed to his face, his mouth twisted, the canes slipped out of his hands and clattered on the floor. He clutched at his chest. The agony that swept through his thin body made her close her eyes. Then he toppled forward, suddenly boneless and fell at her feet.
Would he die ?

1) Who is the first person in the dialogue?
2) Who is the second person in the dialogue?
3) Name the James Hadley Chase title

Winner take all Baggy, common this world is fun, dont lose out on it......happy "answering"

oh, why am i not interested?

not as if i have a clue though.

the answer is right in front of you, i said its a give away _{believe me this time ive repented}

if i believe this, i'll believe anything.
no but no thanks!

somebody is not fun here anyway cushman where are you?

he's abandoned you to your game. ahah!

okay ooo, ill just play it one sided, nothing says i cant play with my toys alone

bagoma:

he's abandoned you to your game. ahah!

I'm here . I don't run away from such challenges.

Now for the quiz... i'll see you later with the answer

@nicetohave, don't seem to know your answer. Please give us more time.

I just finished reading The Doll's bad news. Very interesting indeed!

Baggy, Cushman believe it or not this is a dead simple one;

ask yourself how many James Hadley chase featured a crippled man confined to a chair? if you can think about them and think about how many of them have a wife who he constantly refer to as a LovePeddler then you have clinched this one....believe it or not Bagoma, this is a give away, please talk to me, dont leave all to me, cushman over to you.........