James Hadley Chase

10 Series

James Hadley Chase (1906-1985) was an English author renowned for his mystery, suspense, and romance novels, including the Steve Harmas, Frank Terrell, and Mark Girland series. Initially pursuing various jobs, he transitioned to writing and enjoyed a prolific career. Chase was married to Sylvia Ray for 53 years and had a son.

James Hadley Chase's novels feature gripping crime narratives with multiple titles. In "No Orchids for Miss Blandish," a kidnapping spirals into a deadly game of power and corruption. "Twelve C***** and a Woman" explores the dangerous underworld of crime and betrayal. "Figure It Out for Yourself" delves into the seedy world of drug trafficking. "Lay Her Among the Lilies" follows a perilous journey fraught with danger and deception. "The Dead Stay Dumb" and "Not Safe to Be Free" both unravel mysteries involving murder and intrigue.

Dave Fenner

No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin

(1939)

The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman

(1941)

Vic Malloy

You're Lonely When You're Dead

(1949)

Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob

(1950)

Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free

(1950)

Steve Harmas

No Business of Mine

(1947)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Double Shuffle

(1954)

There's Always a Price Tag

(1956)

Shock Treatment

(1959)

Tell It to the Birds

(1963)

An Ear to the Ground

(1968)

Frank Terrell

The Soft Centre

(1964)

The Way the Cookie Crumbles

(1965)

Well Now, My Pretty ..

(1967)

Believed Violent

(1968)

There's a Hippie on the Highway

(1970)

Mark Girland

The Whiff of Money

(1958)

This Is for Real

(1965)

Have This One on Me

(1967)

You Have Yourself a Deal

(1980)

Helga Rolfe

Ace Up My Sleeve

(1972)

The Joker in the Pack

(1975)

I Hold the Four Aces

(1977)

Don Micklem (as Raymond Marshall)

Mission to Siena

(1955)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Tom Lepski

Like a Hole in the Head

(1971)

Have a Change of Scene

(1973)

Consider Yourself Dead

(1977)

Try This One for Size

(1980)

Hit Them Where It Hurts

(1984)

Standalone Novels

The Flesh of the Orchid

(1940)

Lady -- Here's Your Wreath

(1940)(As: Raymond Marshall)

The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist!

(1941)

Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief

(1941)

Get a Load of This

(1942)

You Never Know with Women

(1942)

Eve

(1942)

Just the Way It Is

(1944)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand

(1944)

Make the Corpse Walk

(1946)(As: Raymond Marshall)

I'll Get You for This

(1946)

Blonde's Requiem

(1946)(As: Raymond Marshall)

More Deadly Than the Male

(1946)

Trusted Like the Fox

(1948)(As: Raymond Marshall)

The Paw in the Bottle

(1949)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Why Pick On Me?

(1950)(As: Raymond Marshall)

In a Vain Shadow

(1951)(As: Raymond Marshall)

But a Short Time to Live

(1951)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Strictly for Cash

(1951)

The Fast Buck

(1952)

The Wary Transgressor

(1952)(As: Raymond Marshall)

I'll Bury My Dead

(1953)

The Things Men Do

(1953)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Safer Dead / Dead Ringer

(1954)

Mission to Venice

(1954)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Tiger by the Tail

(1954)

The Sucker Punch

(1954)(As: Raymond Marshall)

This Way for a Shroud

(1954)

You've Got It Coming

(1955)

The Pickup

(1955)(As: Raymond Marshall)

Ruthless

(1955)(As:Raymond Marshall)

You Find Him, I'll Fix Him

(1956)

The Guilty Are Afraid

(1957)

Never Trust a Woman

(1957)(As:Raymond Marshall)

Hit and Run

(1958)

The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free

(1958)

The World in My Pocket

(1959)

Just Another Sucker

(1960)

Come Easy, Go Easy

(1960)

What's Better Than Money?

(1960)

A Lotus for Miss Quon

(1961)

I Would Rather Stay Poor

(1962)

A Coffin from Hong Kong

(1962)

One Bright Summer Morning

(1963)

Cade

(1966)

The Vulture is a Patient Bird

(1969)

Mallory

(1969)(As: Raymond Marshall)

He Won't Need It Now

(1972)

Just a Matter of Time

(1972)

Want to Stay Alive?

(1972)

You're Dead Without Money

(1972)

Knock, Knock! Who's There?

(1973)

So What Happens to Me?

(1973)

Three of Spades

(1974)

Believe This... You'll Believe Anything

(1975)

Goldfish Have No Hiding Place

(1975)

So Soon to Die

(1975)

Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead

(1976)

My Laugh Comes Last

(1976)

Meet Mark Girland

(1977)

You Must Be Kidding

(1978)

A Can of Worms

(1979)

You Can Say That Again

(1979)

Have a Nice Night

(1981)

Hand Me a Fig Leaf

(1981)

We'll Share a Double Funeral

(1982)

Not My Thing

(1983)

Anthologies

Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories

(1996)

Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology

(2020)

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