James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase (24 December 1906 – 6 February 1985) was an English writer. While his birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, he was well-known by his various pseudonyms, including James Hadley Chase, James L. Docherty, Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond, and Ambrose Grant. He is one of the best known thriller writers of all time. The canon of Chase, comprising ninety titles, has earned for him a reputation as the king of thriller writers in Europe. He is also one of the internationally best-selling authors, and 50 of his books have been made into films.
René Lodge Brabazon Raymond (James Hadley Chase) was born on 24 December 1906 in London, England. He was the son of Colonel Francis Raymond of the colonial Indian Army, a veterinary surgeon. His father intended his son to have a scientific career, was initially educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent.
Chase left home at the age of 18. In 1932, Chase married Sylvia Ray, who gave him a son. In 1956, they moved to France. In 1969, they moved to Switzerland, living a secluded life in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, on Lake Geneva. Chase eventually died there on 6 February 1985.
During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force, achieving the rank of Squadron Leader. He edited the RAF Journal with David Langdon and had several stories from it published after the war in the book Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology.
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1) 12 Chinks and a Woman 0.54 Мб
2) A Can of Worms 0.38 Мб
3) A Coffin From Hong Kong 0.31 Мб
4) Believe This... You’ll Believe Anything 0.44 Мб
5) Cambio de escena 0.34 Мб
6) Consider Yourself Dead 0.69 Мб
7) Do Me a Favour Drop Dead 0.47 Мб
8) Eve 0.51 Мб
9) Fast Buck 0.66 Мб
10) Figure It Out for Yourself 0.44 Мб
11) Get a Load of This 0.46 Мб
12) Goldfish Have No Hiding Place 0.46 Мб
13) Have a Change of Scene 0.57 Мб
14) He Won't Need It Now 0.42 Мб
15) Hit and Run 0.46 Мб
16) Hit Them Where it Hurts 0.41 Мб
17) I Hold the Four Aces 0.37 Мб
18) I Would Rather Stay Poor 0.44 Мб
19) I'll Get You for This 0.49 Мб
20) Just Another Sucker 0.4 Мб
21) Knock, Knock! Who's There? 0.5 Мб
22) Lady—Here's Your Wreath 0.41 Мб
23) Lay Her Among the Lilies 0.63 Мб
24) Like a Hole in the Head 0.44 Мб
25) Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief 0.4 Мб
26) Miss Shumway Waves a Wand 0.56 Мб
27) Mission to Siena 0.44 Мб
28) More Deadly Than The Male 0.55 Мб
29) More Deadly Than the Male 0.7 Мб
30) No Business of Mine 0.58 Мб
31) No Orchids for Miss Blandish 0.5 Мб
32) Not Safe to Be Free 0.48 Мб
33) One Bright Summer Morning 0.41 Мб
34) Piombo e tritolo 0.31 Мб
35) Pulp Frictions 1.43 Мб
36) Safer Dead 0.59 Мб
37) Safer Dead 0.54 Мб
38) Shock Treatment 0.44 Мб
39) So What Happens To Me? 0.68 Мб
40) Strictly For Cash 0.6 Мб
41) Tell It to the Birds 0.34 Мб
42) The Dead Stay Dumb 0.42 Мб
43) The Flesh of the Orchid 0.51 Мб
44) The Guilty Are Afraid 0.57 Мб
45) The Joker in the Pack 0.57 Мб
46) The Mirror in Room 22 0.1 Мб
47) The Soft Centre 0.6 Мб
48) The Way the Cookie Crumbles 0.49 Мб
49) The Whiff of Money 0.41 Мб
50) The World in My Pocket 0.47 Мб
51) There’s a Hippie on the Highway 0.39 Мб
52) There’s Always A Price Tag 0.48 Мб
53) This Way for a Shroud 0.53 Мб
54) Tiger by the Tail 0.49 Мб
55) Try This One for Size 0.54 Мб
56) Vulture Is a Patient Bird 0.4 Мб
57) We'll Share A Double Funeral 0.44 Мб
58) Well Now, My Pretty... 0.41 Мб
59) Well Now, My Pretty… 0.38 Мб
60) What's Better Than Money 0.4 Мб
61) Whiff of Money 0.37 Мб
62) You Can Say That Again 0.38 Мб
63) You Find Him, I'll Fix Him 0.41 Мб
64) You Have Yourself a Deal 0.51 Мб
65) You Must Be Kidding 0.4 Мб
66) You Never Know With Women 0.46 Мб
67) You're Dead Without Money 0.45 Мб
68) You've Got It Coming 0.51 Мб
69) You’re Lonely When You’re Dead 0.53 Мб
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