Career of a killer
Career of a killer
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Over half a century of writing, British detective author René Brabazon Raymond (1906–1985) published approximately ninety crime novels and used several pen names. The most celebrated of these is James Hadley Chase.
"Like a bloodhound, I follow the scent and sense what the reader wants. And what he will buy"—that's how the master explained the success of his novels, readily revealing his golden secret: readers are drawn to "action and rhythm."
This collection includes novels representing three decades of J.H. Chase's literary success. "A Killer's Career" (1939) is the author's second published work: the arrival of a new man in a small town is always an event, especially if the newcomer is determined to change the balance of power... Trying to correct the consequences of one crime with another rarely leads to success, as the protagonist of the novel "The Cellini Dagger" (1949) will learn, along with many others... Possession of a whole box of diamonds is the key to a comfortable future... If not for one clarification that ruins the rosy plans of the hero of the novel "He'll Get His Own" (1955): not if there is more than one claimant to the valuable cargo...
"Like a bloodhound, I follow the scent and sense what the reader wants. And what he will buy"—that's how the master explained the success of his novels, readily revealing his golden secret: readers are drawn to "action and rhythm."
This collection includes novels representing three decades of J.H. Chase's literary success. "A Killer's Career" (1939) is the author's second published work: the arrival of a new man in a small town is always an event, especially if the newcomer is determined to change the balance of power... Trying to correct the consequences of one crime with another rarely leads to success, as the protagonist of the novel "The Cellini Dagger" (1949) will learn, along with many others... Possession of a whole box of diamonds is the key to a comfortable future... If not for one clarification that ruins the rosy plans of the hero of the novel "He'll Get His Own" (1955): not if there is more than one claimant to the valuable cargo...
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Classic Detective Fiction. Big Books