Raymond moved to France in and then to Switzerland in , living a secluded life in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, on Lake Geneva, from He eventually died there peacefully on 6 February Would you like to see only ebooks?
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Borrow Listen. Download for print-disabled. Hit them where it hurts. Hit and Run. The way the cookie crumbles. Goldfish have no hiding place. An ace up my sleeve. Hand me a fig leaf [Bengali text]. You have yourself a deal. You Never Know with Women. They quickly put the armored truck in the caravan and left to Fawn Lake were they would open the truck. The pressure was too much for them so they moved to the mountains so that they could bust the truck open.
View all 8 comments. Dec 06, Maktouf Ali marked it as to-read. Despite being written in this is still a pretty good thriller even by modern standards. Whilst some of the technology is dated namely radios for communication and a distinct lack of mobile phones and computers it's still a great tale. The plot itself isn't unique - group of people get together for a crime, then everything falls apart However, the implementation of the plot structure is well done and various gaps in the initial character Despite being written in this is still a pretty good thriller even by modern standards.
However, the implementation of the plot structure is well done and various gaps in the initial character backgrounds have you flipping pages to find out more. An enjoyable vintage pulp thriller. Nov 28, Varun rated it really liked it. Jan 26, Omkar Mankame rated it liked it Shelves: fiction. A heist story. Starts incredibly well and peters out at the end. Jul 10, Amarylisa rated it really liked it. Nov 17, Ertinos added it. My books. Jan 07, Joy rated it really liked it.
Very interesting book to read, I would like to read it once again. Nov 05, Nishan Rondhela rated it it was amazing. Bahut achha! My choice!! Dec 18, Kakha rated it it was amazing.
Well, it is just a masterpiece! This tough crime story gives the reader such a strong sense of the robbery taking place, a sense of the atmosphere of the places where the action takes place! It is simply indescribable, the reader must feel and understand everything himself. He will definitely not remain indifferent to this novel, to this magnificent detective thriller, when he turns the last page.
I remember the whole story by heart, even the names of the characters Morgan, Giuseppe Gypo , Kitson, Bleck, and beautiful Ginny; their master plan to steal the million-dollar payroll carried by an armored truck Truck, that armored truck! Legendary truck for me I am quite sure, sure for many decades, that no other author besides J. Chase has been able to develop events as brilliantly, so cool, so believable, and as dramatic as it happens in this novel.
Congratulations to those readers who have not read this great book yet. Something absolutely magnificent, insanely interesting but also dramatic and sad awaits them ahead. Not only is the end of the book dramatic, no, but the murder of the guards of that armored car also makes the good person sad.
They did their good job, did it to the end, even giving their lives for it. They were not guilty of anything. All of this is the strongest, best book in the genre of crime fiction. Aug 17, Costea Constantin rated it it was amazing. Nov 23, Madikeri Abu rated it liked it. A re-read after almost 30 years and still captivating. It was nail gripping 30 years ago and as tense and gripping today. A JHC novel was, is and forever will be entertaining. Very few writers can entertain and keep the reader engrossed like JHC.
This novel is about hijacking an armored car robbery by a disparate crew of four, ringleader Morgan, Safe cracker Gypo, Dare devil driver Kitson, the sniper Bleck and most important of all, the beautiful copper-headed seductress and mastermind Ginny. Wi A re-read after almost 30 years and still captivating. Will they be able to pull it off? JHC novel is all about the crime never pays but do read to find out. Written in the year , it is still a really good read even after all these years.
Nov 25, Mark Vickers rated it it was amazing Shelves: chase-j-h. This is another Cracker by JHC, Four characters with different talents, a pretty girl with beautiful body as always attempt to hijack an armoured guard truck carrying three guards and one million dollars is the payoff, after many twists and turns can they pull it off Dec 22, Rohan Traman rated it it was ok. Oct 15, Sagar rated it it was amazing Shelves: novels. Jul 23, Suby rated it it was amazing.
When I read this in the early '70s I thought this was the best of Chase's novels. This is what a real thriller is all about! Nicholas Kelvin rated it really liked it Mar 19, Oct 27, Srinivasa Ramanujam rated it really liked it. Marius van Blerck rated it liked it Jul 02, Vitaly Tunin rated it really liked it Jun 13, Daria Zadniprovska rated it really liked it Sep 10, Vinod khosla rated it really liked it Jul 19, Syed Mohammad Rezwan rated it liked it Apr 21, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. About James Hadley Chase. James Hadley Chase. His father intended his son to have a scientific career, was initially educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent. He left home at the age of 18 and became at different times a children's encyclopedia salesman, a salesman in a bookshop, and executive for a book wholesaler before turning to a writing career that produced more than 90 mystery books. His interests included photography he was up to professional standard , reading and listening to classical music, being a particularly enthusiastic opera lover.
Also as a form of relaxation between novels, he put together highly complicated and sophisticated Meccano models. In , Raymond married Sylvia Ray, who gave him a son. They were together until his death fifty three years later.
This, combined with her book trade experience, made him realise that there was a big demand for gangster stories. He wrote as R.
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