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When Dave Fenner was hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he
knew the on finding the girl were against him-the cops were still
looking for her three months after the ransom had been paid. And
the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, had disappeared in to thin air.
But what none of them knew was that Riley himself had been wiped
out by a rival gang - and the heiress was now in the hands of Ma
Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who couldn't stay away
from women...especially his beautiful new captive. By the time
Fenner began to close in on them, some terrible things had happened
to Miss Blandish...
This is a newly revised edition of the famous crime novel NO
ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH. For the first time this edition combines
the original text from 1939 with the revisions made by the author
in 1961. The novel is now widely regarded as one of the top
thrillers of the last century. When it was originally published it
pushed the social boundaries of the time through its relentless
exploration of crime and sexual exploitation. Unlike most crime
novels of that era, the characters are rich, deeply realized
portraits of those who lived on the fringes of society during the
Great Depression -- namely the gangsters, their women, and the men
who hunted them. The novel broke sales records when published and
has gone onto to sell over four million copies worldwide.
Historically important, such literary greats as George Orwell and
Graham Greene instantly recognized its merits. In a lengthy essay
that securely placed NO ORCHIDS in an honored position in crime
fiction, George Orwell wrote that, "In a book like NO ORCHIDS one
is not, as in the old-style crime story, simply escaping from dull
reality into an imaginary world of action. One's escape is
essentially into cruelty and sexual perversion...a brilliant piece
of writing, with hardly a wasted word or a jarring note anywhere."
Set in the heartland of America during hard times, the story
reveals itself along the back roads, roadside diners and street
corners of a jaded, threadbare society - a truly unnerving novel
updated for a new generation of readers ready to discover the world
of James Hadley Chase.
Even for a redhead, Helen Dester was wild - she'd driven one guy to
drink and made another jump out of a top-floor window. Glyn Nash
realises that to tangle with her will be dangerous. But he has no
option if he wants a share of the $750,000 insurance money Helen
stands to gain if her husband dies accidentally - or even if he is
murdered.
Poke Tohola, a Seminole Indian, is on to a smart racket. His
formula is that fear is the key that unlocks the wallets and
handbags of the rich. But Chuck, a cop-killer at 18, and Meg,
beddable but dumb, don't work to formula. The three of them turn
Paradise City into Panic City. Then Detective Tom Lepski lumbers in
... 'An old master on top form' Sunday Telegraph
Kidnapping has become a national pastime in Italy - but is there
another reason why billionaire Carlo Grandi has put his beautiful
daughter behind an electric fence, guarded by killer dogs and two
fast-shooting guards? Mike Frost, always on the look-out for big
money and beautiful women, gets the job as second gun - and soon
realises he is guarding a hell cat. When kidnappers sold him the
idea of being the inside man, Frost hadn't known which he wanted
most - that beautiful body or the $5,000,000 it could bring him.
Originally banned in the UK, this is the story of Miss Callaghan.
Not of any particular Miss Callaghan, but of the hundreds of Miss
Callaghans who disappear from their homes suddenly and mysteriously
and are seen no more by those who knew and loved them. This is also
the story of Raven, who played with clockwork trains, the leader of
the White Slave Ring in East St. Louis, who was responsible for the
keeping to full strength the army of women for the service of men.
Raw, grisly and explosive Reporter Nick Mason witnesses an
execution and gains a clue from the condemned man, sending Nick
into a network of crime and murder
Only one man could satisfy Glorie Leadler's craving for love and
affection. And though this golden-haired bit of feminine dynamite
could have had a dozen men at her feet for the asking, it was a
solitary Oriental who made her heart beat fast. When jealous rivals
tore that midnight love from Glorie's arms, her over-heated
emotions burst forth in a volcano of love-stricken vengeance that
rocked Florida and left a mark on many men's souls.
James Hadley Chase gives us a tough, hard-boiled story crammed with
action, grotesque situations, and weird characters. Not a word is
wasted. From the first page to the last you are involved in a
sinister and compelling situation, that will hurtle you forward
with the speed of an express train.
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