Wow! Never knew the American market never favoured him.
I think I have read 3 or 4 of his books but I can only remember the title of 2;
You Have Yourself A Deal
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place

That's quite a lot...Hmmmm

I started reading Chase from primary 4 and stopped around secondary school. If l tell you l have read more than 50 og his books, l am not exaggerating.

I remember Malik and Gilad....
Quite a thriller.

Golden fish has no hidding place
The Vulture is a patient bird
Try this one for size
Sucker punch
You are dead without money etc

zicoraads:

Anyone who had plenty then was automatically a boss

We used to trade them a lot in school. And the ladies on the covers was the major reason why we loved them that much

Lol. So true. I went to a military school so taking them to school and risk being caught was a no-no.

How could you explain that a book with such cover was actually innocent and interesting.

So many books shaped my childhood.

Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew mysteries, Famous Five, Secret Seven...chai... Those were the days.

These days everybody is glued to their phones, no more reading.

All except 5.

Op, this list is not exhaustive. What about Lay her among the Lilies?

akhimself234:
James Hadley Chase:

Facts you probably didn't
know about him

He was born on December 24, 1906.

He was born Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond

James Hadley Chase was just one
of various pseudonyms (pen name)
he used, and the most popular
one. Others were James L. Docherty,
Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond and
Ambrose Grant.

Born to Colonel Francis Raymond
of the Colonial Indian Army, he served
in the Royal Airforce during
During World War II.

His writing career saw him produced
over 90 thriller books.

You can get hold of any or all of these
novels (paperbacks or hardcover)
easily straight from the U.S today on
Shop2Africa.com

For example, you can order the
novel "You've Got It Coming"
here https:///HPKZBX

50 of his books have been made
into films.

Below are the full list of his books:

1. No Orchids for Miss Blandish - 1939
2. The Dead Stay Dumb - 1941
3. The Dolls Bad News - 1941
4. Miss Callghan Comes to Grief - 1941
5. Get a Load of This - 1942
6. Miss Shumway Waves a Wand - 1944
7. Eve - 1945
8. I'll Get You for This - 1946
9. Last Page - 1947
10. The Flesh of the Orchid - 1948
11. You Never Know With Women - 1949
12. You're Lonely When You're Dead - 1949
13. Figure It Out for Yourself - 1950
14. Strictly for Cash - 1951
15. The Fast Buck - 1952
16. Double Shuffle - 1952
17. I'll Bury My Dead - 1953
18. This Way for a Shroud - 1953
19. Tiger By The Tail - 1954
20. Safer Dead - 1954
21. You've Got It Coming - 1955
22. There's Always a Price Tag - 1956
23. The Guilty Are Afraid - 1957
24. Not Safe to Be Free - 1958
25. Shock Treatment - 1959
26. The World In My Pocket - 1959
27. What's Better Than Money - 1960
28. Come Easy - Go Easy - 1960
29. A Lotus for Miss Quon - 1961
30. Just Another Sucker - 1961
31. I Would Rather Stay Poor - 1962
32. A Coffin from Hong Kong - 1962
33. One Bright Summer Morning - 1963
34. Tell It to The Birds - 1963
35. The Soft Centre - 1964
36. This is for Real - 1965
37. The Way the Cookie Crumbles - 1965
38. You Have Yourself A Deal - 1966
39. Cade - 1966
40. Have This One on Me - 1967
41. Well Now - My Pretty - 1967
42. An Ear to the Ground - 1968
43. Believed Violet - 1968
44. The Whiff of Money - 1969
45. The Vulture Is a Patient Bird - 1969
46. Like a Hole in the Head - 1970
47. There's a Hippie on the Highway - 1970
48. Want to Stay Alive? - 1971
49. An Ace Up My Sleeve - 1971
50. Just a Matter of Time - 1972
51. You're Dead Without Money - 1972
52. Have a Change of Scene - 1973
53. Knock, Knock! Who's There?
54. So What Happens To Me? - 1974
55. Goldfish Have No Hiding Place - 1974
56. Believe This - You'll Believe Anything - 1975
57. The Joker In The Pack - 1975
58. Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead - 1976
59. My Laugh Comes Last - 1977
60. I Hold the Four Aces - 1977
61. Consider Yourself Dead - 1978
62. You Must Be Kidding - 1979
63. A Can of Worms - 1979
64. You Can Say That Again - 1980
65. Try This One for Size - 1980
66. Hand Me a Fig Leaf - 1981
67. Have a Nice Night - 1982
68. We'll Share a Double Funeral - 1982
69. Not My Thing - 1983
70. Hit Them Where It Hurts - 1984
71. He Won't Need It Now - 1941
72. Lady, Here's Your Wreath - 1940
73. Just The Way It Is - 1944
74. Blonde's Requiem - 1945
75. Make The Corpse Walk - 1947
76. No Business of Mine - 1947
77. Trusted Like the Fox - 1948
78. The Paw in the Bottle - 1949
79. Mallory - 1950
80. But A Short Time To Live - 1951
81. Why Pick on Me? - 1951
82. In A Vain Shadow - 1951
84. The Wary Transgressor - 1952
85. The Things Men Do - 1953
86. The Sucker Punch - 1954
87. Mission To Venice - 1954
88. Mission To Sienna - 1955
89. You Find Him, I'll Fix Him - 1956
90. Hit And Run - 1958
91. Slipstream: A Royal Airforce Anthology - 1946
92. More Deadly Than The Male - 1947

His novels' biggest market was France,
although also popular in other European
markets, Africa and Asia.

His books failed to take hold in the
American market.

Chase got married to Sylvia Ray in
1932 and they had a son.

He died in Switzerland at the age of 78.

How many of his books did you read?

akhimself234:
James Hadley Chase:

Facts you probably didn't
know about him

He was born on December 24, 1906.

He was born Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond

James Hadley Chase was just one
of various pseudonyms (pen name)
he used, and the most popular
one. Others were James L. Docherty,
Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond and
Ambrose Grant.

Born to Colonel Francis Raymond
of the Colonial Indian Army, he served
in the Royal Airforce during
During World War II.

His writing career saw him produced
over 90 thriller books.

You can get hold of any or all of these
novels (paperbacks or hardcover)
easily straight from the U.S today on
Shop2Africa.com

For example, you can order the
novel "You've Got It Coming"
here https:///HPKZBX

50 of his books have been made
into films.

Below are the full list of his books:

1. No Orchids for Miss Blandish - 1939
2. The Dead Stay Dumb - 1941
3. The Dolls Bad News - 1941
4. Miss Callghan Comes to Grief - 1941
5. Get a Load of This - 1942
6. Miss Shumway Waves a Wand - 1944
7. Eve - 1945
8. I'll Get You for This - 1946
9. Last Page - 1947
10. The Flesh of the Orchid - 1948
11. You Never Know With Women - 1949
12. You're Lonely When You're Dead - 1949
13. Figure It Out for Yourself - 1950
14. Strictly for Cash - 1951
15. The Fast Buck - 1952
16. Double Shuffle - 1952
17. I'll Bury My Dead - 1953
18. This Way for a Shroud - 1953
19. Tiger By The Tail - 1954
20. Safer Dead - 1954
21. You've Got It Coming - 1955
22. There's Always a Price Tag - 1956
23. The Guilty Are Afraid - 1957
24. Not Safe to Be Free - 1958
25. Shock Treatment - 1959
26. The World In My Pocket - 1959
27. What's Better Than Money - 1960
28. Come Easy - Go Easy - 1960
29. A Lotus for Miss Quon - 1961
30. Just Another Sucker - 1961
31. I Would Rather Stay Poor - 1962
32. A Coffin from Hong Kong - 1962
33. One Bright Summer Morning - 1963
34. Tell It to The Birds - 1963
35. The Soft Centre - 1964
36. This is for Real - 1965
37. The Way the Cookie Crumbles - 1965
38. You Have Yourself A Deal - 1966
39. Cade - 1966
40. Have This One on Me - 1967
41. Well Now - My Pretty - 1967
42. An Ear to the Ground - 1968
43. Believed Violet - 1968
44. The Whiff of Money - 1969
45. The Vulture Is a Patient Bird - 1969
46. Like a Hole in the Head - 1970
47. There's a Hippie on the Highway - 1970
48. Want to Stay Alive? - 1971
49. An Ace Up My Sleeve - 1971
50. Just a Matter of Time - 1972
51. You're Dead Without Money - 1972
52. Have a Change of Scene - 1973
53. Knock, Knock! Who's There?
54. So What Happens To Me? - 1974
55. Goldfish Have No Hiding Place - 1974
56. Believe This - You'll Believe Anything - 1975
57. The Joker In The Pack - 1975
58. Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead - 1976
59. My Laugh Comes Last - 1977
60. I Hold the Four Aces - 1977
61. Consider Yourself Dead - 1978
62. You Must Be Kidding - 1979
63. A Can of Worms - 1979
64. You Can Say That Again - 1980
65. Try This One for Size - 1980
66. Hand Me a Fig Leaf - 1981
67. Have a Nice Night - 1982
68. We'll Share a Double Funeral - 1982
69. Not My Thing - 1983
70. Hit Them Where It Hurts - 1984
71. He Won't Need It Now - 1941
72. Lady, Here's Your Wreath - 1940
73. Just The Way It Is - 1944
74. Blonde's Requiem - 1945
75. Make The Corpse Walk - 1947
76. No Business of Mine - 1947
77. Trusted Like the Fox - 1948
78. The Paw in the Bottle - 1949
79. Mallory - 1950
80. But A Short Time To Live - 1951
81. Why Pick on Me? - 1951
82. In A Vain Shadow - 1951
84. The Wary Transgressor - 1952
85. The Things Men Do - 1953
86. The Sucker Punch - 1954
87. Mission To Venice - 1954
88. Mission To Sienna - 1955
89. You Find Him, I'll Fix Him - 1956
90. Hit And Run - 1958
91. Slipstream: A Royal Airforce Anthology - 1946
92. More Deadly Than The Male - 1947

His novels' biggest market was France,
although also popular in other European
markets, Africa and Asia.

His books failed to take hold in the
American market.

Chase got married to Sylvia Ray in
1932 and they had a son.

He died in Switzerland at the age of 78.

How many of his books did you read?

OP, JAMES HADLEY CHASE WROTE AND PRODUCED 159 BOOKS AND NOT 92 PLS

amazing and gripping books. Still remember The vulture is a patient bird. quote author=MartinCorridon post=68645659] My favourite characters :

1. Mark Girland (a James Bond 007 clone )

2. Martin Corridon ( the annoying guy - my moniker)

3. Steve Harmas ( "pleasantly ugly" private eye)

4. Tom Lepski ; who appeared the most.

5. Verne Baird - the ice-cold killer in the Fast Buck

On this list, 9,74,91 & 92 are ONLY ones i haven't read.

I might still order in bulk for collection purposes.

I paid $77 for the Mark Girland Omnibus because it was so rare[/quote]

Cocolatti:
I've read 26 from that list. Our indomie generation who are allergic to reading even their academic books don't know anything about Chase novel.

It's not about indomie generation bro. Mind you, not everyone enjoys reading literary works, and it's no dent to their intelligence because pleasure comes in various forms.

Really loved reading the James Hardley Chase novels.As a kid my Dad had a whole lot of collection of the chase novels.i was so addicted to it that the ones my dad didnt have i would rush to the bookshop to buy. One of my favourite chase villians was Lu Silk the assasin who works for the German bilioniare business man Herman Randnitz and of course the Russian soviet secret agent Malik...who was Mark Girland's nemesis and my favourite paradise city detective First Grade Tom Lepski with his nagging wife carol. Op do u also know dat Hardley Chase for all his obsession about the USA had only been to the USA once? And he made dat trip quite late in his lifetime. Also most of the american slangs he used in his novels were picked from encyclopeadeas plus majority of the american cities he wrote about like paradise city were just fictitious cities he made up from his mind.Anyway indomie kids born in the year 2005 wont know what is James Hardley Chase.So indomie kids keep ur ears to the ground and learn about the maestro called James Hardley Chase.

My dad bought two boxes of his books for me from india when I was born
I grew up giving them away until pry 4 when I started reading them
I wish I kept most of my copies

Greedy neighbours saw I didn't know anything
And kept coming to collect them from me
It shaped my life

My favorite fiction novel, though that guy must be a criminal in real life.

who has read one bright summer morning.

tolugar:
God bless that man.


he kept me company during my adolescent days.

Ive read nearly all.

suspence

action packed.

my dad bought all the copies from the US but i regreted selling them to some under graduate students living around our house then. i must replace them with e-copies

I read about 70 of his novels. We were exchanging the novel street to street.

Waoh, slept and woke up with his novels between 93 - 98. I was addicted to James Hadley Chase novels.

“An ear to the ground”
“The vulture is a patient bird”
“ Just a matter of time”

Speaking of novel , please can someone help me out with a free download site where i can download LAZARUS MAN novel ? Can't recall the author's name , thanks

I don read this guy novel to the point that I don't remember the names of the ones I have read until I start reading Courtesy of my old man. In case ur old man didn't bring this guy's novel home, bear in mind day he is still owing u.

jhc is still the best novel writter to me
action packed thriller novels
he taught me one important lesson
'never judge a book by its cover'
his books are always with a sexy woman on the front cover you will think its a novel about sex and all.
My alfa friend used to read it like he's reading for an exam.he will wrap the book with a calendar.
Jhc rocks

famosty:
Have plenty of his books on my system

Really? Come n share with me na

chidi2pus:
Proud to say I read and enjoyed all his books
To an extent, these books shaped my persona

yeah

chidi2pus:
Proud to say I read and enjoyed all his books
To an extent, these books shaped my persona

yeah

Almost all his books in the 80s. He was a mentor that was never seen. He nade me to excel in the use of English language. Sadly, his works could not hold me again when i discovered the works of Sydney Sheldon, Harold Robbins and this man whose works were solely devoted to legal matters. World has changed now, our youths are only interested in in snap chat, Instagram etc etc. I'm not blaming them. Maybe all these will also become history in another 30 years time

read all of dem before i was 19.


favorite characters,..tom lepski,vic malloy,and one other cia agent,forgotten his name who always had a run in with russian KGB agents

I have read at least 90% of his titles.
I still re-read the ones I read many years ago.
Al Barney, the man with an ear to the ground. Buy beer and burger and he will give you all the stories in town.

Read almost all, but just a few that are not up to 15.i love ready the ones Girland & Malik are futured.never got tired of reading his books, after those I started John Grisham. Till date I don't read romance cos I started with Chase.

Can't count, and probably don't remember. I read a lot of them in the 80s and early 90s. I actually preferred them to my textbooks!

JHC my initiation into novel reading, so intriguing, after reading a munch my hunger for novels increased. He had the right concept, not voluminous, easy to read and comprehend and most of all, attractive covers, if u know what I mean!

Emnyte:
who has read one bright summer morning.

Poko Toholo.
" Fear is the key that opens the rich man's wallet, I have the formula for fear"

My best author till date!

"Lay her among the lillies" is by far his best novel. Suspense filled and action packed.

I have read nearly all his novels and still have them.

mightyhazell:
read all of dem before i was 19.


favorite characters,..tom lepski,vic malloy,and one other cia agent,forgotten his name who always had a run in with russian KGB agents

Mark Girland

Miss. Shummway Waves a Wand is the funniest of his book and about the best I've read.

Exceptional writer !

mejai:
Poke Toholo.... Wants to stay alive

poke toholo the ruthless indian killer with flower shirts n hipsters..sees himself as the executioner. finally felled by his own bullets