James Hadley Chase - Book Series In Order (2024)

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Publication Order of Dave Fenner Books

No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin(1939)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman(1941)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Vic Malloy Books

You're Lonely When You're Dead(1949)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob(1950)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free(1950)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Steve Harmas Books

No Business of Mine (As: Raymond Marshall)(1947)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Double Shuffle(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
There's Always a Price Tag(1956)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Shock Treatment(1959)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Tell It to the Birds(1963)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
An Ear to the Ground(1968)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Frank Terrell Books

The Soft Centre(1964)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Way the Cookie Crumbles(1965)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Well Now, My Pretty ..(1967)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Believed Violent(1968)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
There's a Hippie on the Highway(1970)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Mark Girland Books

The Whiff of Money(1958)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
This Is for Real(1965)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Have This One on Me(1967)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You Have Yourself a Deal(1980)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Helga Rolfe Books

Ace Up My Sleeve(1972)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Joker in the Pack(1975)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
I Hold the Four Aces(1977)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Don Micklem Books

as Raymond Marshall

Mission to Siena (As: Raymond Marshall)(1955)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Tom Lepski Books

Like a Hole in the Head(1971)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Have a Change of Scene(1973)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Consider Yourself Dead(1977)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Try This One for Size(1980)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Hit Them Where It Hurts(1984)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Flesh of the Orchid(1940)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Lady -- Here's Your Wreath (As: Raymond Marshall)(1940)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist!(1941)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief(1941)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Get a Load of This(1942)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You Never Know with Women(1942)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Eve(1942)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Just the Way It Is (As: Raymond Marshall)(1944)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand(1944)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Make the Corpse Walk (As: Raymond Marshall)(1946)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
I'll Get You for This(1946)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Blonde's Requiem (As: Raymond Marshall)(1946)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
More Deadly Than the Male(1946)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Trusted Like the Fox (As: Raymond Marshall)(1948)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Paw in the Bottle (As: Raymond Marshall)(1949)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Why Pick On Me? (As: Raymond Marshall)(1950)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
In a Vain Shadow (As: Raymond Marshall)(1951)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
But a Short Time to Live (As: Raymond Marshall)(1951)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Strictly for Cash(1951)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Fast Buck(1952)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Wary Transgressor (As: Raymond Marshall)(1952)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
I'll Bury My Dead(1953)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Things Men Do (As: Raymond Marshall)(1953)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Safer Dead / Dead Ringer(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Mission to Venice (As: Raymond Marshall)(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Tiger by the Tail(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Sucker Punch (As: Raymond Marshall)(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
This Way for a Shroud(1954)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You've Got It Coming(1955)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Pickup (As: Raymond Marshall)(1955)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Ruthless (As:Raymond Marshall)(1955)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You Find Him, I'll Fix Him(1956)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Guilty Are Afraid(1957)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Never Trust a Woman (As:Raymond Marshall)(1957)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Hit and Run(1958)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free(1958)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The World in My Pocket(1959)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Just Another Sucker(1960)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Come Easy, Go Easy(1960)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
What's Better Than Money?(1960)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
A Lotus for Miss Quon(1961)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
I Would Rather Stay Poor(1962)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
A Coffin from Hong Kong(1962)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
One Bright Summer Morning(1963)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Cade(1966)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
The Vulture is a Patient Bird(1969)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Mallory (As: Raymond Marshall)(1969)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
He Won't Need It Now(1972)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Just a Matter of Time(1972)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Want to Stay Alive?(1972)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You're Dead Without Money(1972)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Knock, Knock! Who's There?(1973)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
So What Happens to Me?(1973)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Three of Spades(1974)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Believe This... You'll Believe Anything(1975)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place(1975)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
So Soon to Die(1975)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead(1976)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
My Laugh Comes Last(1976)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Meet Mark Girland(1977)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You Must Be Kidding(1978)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
A Can of Worms(1979)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
You Can Say That Again(1979)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Have a Nice Night(1981)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Hand Me a Fig Leaf(1981)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
We'll Share a Double Funeral(1982)Description/BuyatAmazonUK
Not My Thing(1983)Description/BuyatAmazonUK

Publication Order of Anthologies

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James Hadley Chase was an English author, and he was one of the best known thriller writers of all time. He was born Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond on December 24 1906, and died on February 6 1985, at the age of 78 years. He wrote in the detective, crime fiction, Mystery, and thriller genres. He was well known by his pseudonyms which included James Hadley Chase, Ambrose Grant, R. Raymond, James Docherty, and Raymond Marshall. He was the son of a Colonial Indian Army Colonel, Francis Raymond, who was a veterinary surgeon. The Colonel wanted his son to pursue a scientific career and so educated him at King’s school Rochester, Kent. Rene or Chase left home at the age of 18 and married Sylvia Ray with whom they had one child, a son, at the age of 26. After leaving home James Hadley Chase worked in sales, focusing on books and literature, before turning to writing. In 1956 they moved to France, and in 1969 they moved to Switzerland where he lived a secluded life until his death in 1985. During the WWII, Chase served in the British Royal Air Force and rose to the rank of Squadron Leader. While in the Royal Air Force he edited the RAF journal and published several stories from it after the war in the book Slipstream. During the WWII, he befriended Merrill Panitt, who later became the editor of the TV Guide, and he provided him with a dictionary of American slang, reference books and detailed maps of the American underworld. This provided Chase with the background for his early novels with American settings. Though Chase made two brief visits to the US, one to Miami and the other en route to Mexico, he never lived in the US. Chase was involved with several court cases during his career. In 1942 his book ‘Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief’ a story about white slave trade was banned by the British Authorities and the publishers found guilty of publishing an obscene book. Later Raymond Chandler, an Anglo American author, successfully sued Chase. The canon of Chase with 90 titles made him to be known as the king of thrillers in Europe. Rene Raymond or James Haley Chase was also one of the leading international best selling writers and up to date 50 of his books have been made into films. His interests included listening to classical music, photography, reading, and opera.

You Never Know with Women is one of the books of the Vintage Collection Series. In the book, a beautiful blonde by the name Veda Rux, known professionally as a stripper, makes away with a priceless Cellini dagger from a safe in multi-millionaire Brett’s home. Veda Rux’s agent approaches a private detective and first rate blackmailer called Floyd Jackson, and asks him to restore the dagger before the theft is uncovered. Intoxicated by the beauty of Veda and blinded by more money than he has ever seen Floyd Jackson doesn’t realize that something is terribly wrong with the whole situation, and he agrees to the proposition. As it turns out, from the moment Jackson falls in love with Veda his doom is sealed. He finds himself entangled in a relentless intrigue that makes him a cat’s paw for murder! The book opens on the 6th floor of a dilapidated building in the dead end area of San Luis Beach. Floyd Jackson is in his rented office alone at night trying to think a way out of a tight situation, but try as he might he cannot see any way out. He is licked and he knows it! At 10 minutes to 23.00 Hrs. he arrives at a decision. It is a hot July night 18 months since he first arrived at San Luis Beach. Making the decision calls for a drink. As he prepares to open the bottle he hears foots steps on the stairs. All offices on his floor are shut, they close at 18.00 Hrs. and open the next day at 09.00 Hrs. The only visitors he has had in the past were cops but it didn’t seem the police would visit him at this hour. The foot steps walk along the passage, heavy, slow and measured steps. In the tension he lights his last cigarette. Finger nails tap the door panel, then the doorknob turns and the door swings open as Jackson shifts his desk lamp. A very big man stands at the doorway. He is as thick as he is broad and has a round face. He is about 50 years old. He calls Mr. Jackson by his name in a thin, scratchy and hoarse voice. It’s an odd voice for such a big person, Jackson nodes in acknowledgement. The stranger calls him by his full names, Floyd Jackson, and again Jackson nodes. The stranger exclaims and moves further into the room. He offers a business card with only a name on it, Cornelius Gorman, no address or anything else.

I’ll Bury My Dead, is the second book of the vintage collection series. In the book Nick English is determined to find who murdered his brother. He intends to treat it as a personal matter if the police don’t handle the issue to his satisfaction. However, his attempts to find out who killed his brother start a series of reaction including violence and murder that nearly claims his life. It is a tale of organized blackmail interspersed with sudden and vicious murder. The book opens as Harry Vince comes out of his office hurriedly and closes the door after him cutting off the uproar of men’s voices in the room. He walks across the room to where Lois Marshall is sitting at the telephone switchboard. He has a bottle of champagne and two glasses which he carefully sets down on a neighboring desk. He asks Lois to have some champagne but she declines smiling. She is a lean, good looking woman of about 26 years with steady eyes, severe eye brows and little make up. Harry opens the champagne bottle then hurriedly tips the foaming wine into a glass. Lois protests but Harry insists he will stay there till the men in his office finish their whiskey and leave. He pours the champagne into the second glass. Lois takes it and toasts to Mr. English. Harry grins.

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4 Responses to “James Hadley Chase”

  1. Ras Peter Kansengwa: 5 months ago

    Great incredible works

    Reply

  2. Mr Suresh Patel: 1 year ago

    James Hadley Chase was very popular among Indian students in India and E.Africa

    Reply

  3. Ian Chesters: 2 years ago

    I love this author and possess 90 titles which i
    believe are all his titles under his author
    J.H.C
    Am i correct in this amount of titles written under him..as i have found 3 more titles on his
    Complete list..these are:

    THREE OF SPADES
    SO SOON TO DIE
    MEET MARK GIRLAND

    Please advise if possible
    Regards,
    IAN CHESTERS

    Reply

    • Graeme: 2 years ago

      Hi Ian – those novels are all listed above.

      Reply

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