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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Why pick on me? Why pick on me? James Hadley Chase The dice were loaded against... but survival could be bought-for a price. OL11374179W
The world in my pocket The world in my pocket James Hadley Chase The payroll of the Rocket Research Station was a tempting target for any bunch of thieves to consider taking. But, led by a beautiful and ambitious red-head, they forged a plan to make them each a co… OL20868954W
But a Short Time to Live But a Short Time to Live James Hadley Chase That was only the start of Harry's problems. Soon he was even more deeply involved in the strange affair of Claire Dolan. The most experisive relationship of his career. OL2838688W
The double shuffle The double shuffle James Hadley Chase Susan Gellert is an obscure dancer - blonde, beautiful and innocent, who performed onstage with a deadly cobra on her neck, and a dancer, Denny, who also appeared innocent. Susan is insured for a sum… OL2838693W
Eve Eve James Hadley Chase This enthralling novel is a remarkable Psychological study of a Prostitute. Set against the picture-making industry of Hollywood, the story revolves round two people, Clive Thurston, who has cheated … OL2838695W
I'll get you for this I'll get you for this James Hadley Chase A gambling town's city administrator uses a blonde as bait to frame a vacationing gunman for murder, only to have the blonde switch sides and hook up with the gunman. OL2838698W
Mallory Mallory James Hadley Chase Who was he, this man who struck terror into the hearts of men who knew no fear; who betrayed his friends at a time when their lives depended on him. What manner of man was this who killed, and then v… OL2838705W
The Paw In The Bottle The Paw In The Bottle James Hadley Chase Greed and lust led lovely Julie Holland down the dark road to murder. Being in love with a cheap crook promised to be exciting, but she found he already had a jealous mistress. He also had a friend c… OL2838709W
You've got it coming You've got it coming James Hadley Chase Harry Griffin, an ace pilot on the skids, who loses his job and is unable to find any other means of livelihood. Desperate he plans to highjack a plane carrying 3 million dollars worth of industrial … OL2838719W
The guilty are afraid The guilty are afraid James Hadley Chase When Jack Sheppey ends up dead in a beach hut in a wealthy town on the coast of the Pacific, his former partner in their detective agency starts a desperate quest to find his killer. But as private i… OL2838724W
Just the way it is Just the way it is James Hadley Chase Harry Duke had a reputation both as a gambler and someone you didn't mess with, as he'd once killed a man. Then someone tries to make it look like he's killed again. A neat frame up. But Duke's still… OL2838729W
Lay Her Among the Lilies Lay Her Among the Lilies James Hadley Chase Once again Vic Malloy, of Universal Services and Orchid City, California, fishes in waters so troubled they make a maelstrom look like a millpond. Janet Crosby's letter was the problem - it was unfor… OL2838730W
The world in my pocket The world in my pocket James Hadley Chase This is the job they have all been waiting for. The job that will set them up for life. Five people - four men and a woman - have a master plan to steal the million-dollar payroll carried by an armou… OL2838743W
Believe This... You'll Believe Anything Believe This... You'll Believe Anything James Hadley Chase Clay Burden had married his sluttish young wife, Rhoda, because he was tired of being on his own. Val had walked out on him and if he couldn't have Val, maybe marriage would make him forget her. Six … OL2838748W
Mission to Venice Mission to Venice James Hadley Chase Don Micklem, millionaire American playboy on the trail of a disappearing one-time British agent, discovered the hard way that sudden death lurks along the canals of Venice. OL2838760W
An ace up my sleeve An ace up my sleeve James Hadley Chase "An Ace Up My Sleeve" is a story of blackmail. It is a story of three people, all out for one thing: all determined to do anything to get it. It is a story of bluff and counter-bluff- a game which d… OL2838774W
This way for a shroud This way for a shroud James Hadley Chase The brutal murder of June Arnot, glamorous actress. The DA, Charles Forest, is convinced that it is the work of racketeer, Jack Maurer, whom he has been trying to nail for several years. Forest assig… OL2838777W