James Hadley Chase Novels: Share Your Experience

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...........................

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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    "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!
       

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.

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,
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

No its not as easy as that. try again.

 

yeah, right cushman, why wont you be in support of him (can't 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.

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

infact, no Bagoma no quiz 

Bagoma this is a give away, pleaseeeeeee :

" How dare you pry into my private papers ! You whore ! " he exclaimed harshly.
" I would rather be a whore 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, don't lose out on it......happy "answering" 

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

somebody is not fun here  anyway cushman where are you?

  okay ooo, ill just play it one sided, nothing says i can't play with my toys alone

@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!