You're Dead Without Money (Murder Room) - Softcover

Chase, James Hadley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471903788 ISBN 13: 9781471903786

Publisher: The Murder Room, 2013

Synopsis

Joey Luck and his daughter Cindy are small-time criminals going nowhere fast, until they join forces with Vin Pinna, a hardened criminal on the run from Miami.

They soon begin to set their sights higher and turn their hands to kidnapping. But their hostage, ex-movie star Don Elliot, seems to have different ideas. When he wants in they form a 'quartet in crime', and this time the stakes are higher still - eight Russian stamps worth a million dollars.

'Realistic and suspenseful far beyond his average' Observer

About this title

Book Description:

'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman

About the Author:

Born René Brabazon Raymond in London, the son of a British colonel in the Indian Army, James Hadley Chase was educated at King's School in Rochester, Kent, and left home at the age of 18. He initially worked in book sales until, inspired by the rise of gangster culture during the Depression and by reading James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, he wrote his first novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Despite the American setting of many of his novels, Chase (like Peter Cheyney, another hugely successful British noir writer) never lived there, writing with the aid of maps and a slang dictionary. He had phenomenal success with the novel, which continued unabated throughout his entire career, spanning 45 years and nearly 90 novels. His work was published in dozens of languages and over thirty titles were adapted for film. He served in the RAF during World War II, where he also edited the RAF Journal. In 1956 he moved to France with his wife and son; they later moved to Switzerland, where Chase lived until his death in 1985.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Murder Room
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471903788
• ISBN 13: 9781471903786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206