’’Chase has many imitators but he alone is King ’’ - The Sun
This book confirms the above.
Serge Maisky has dreamed for years for the Big Steal. Now, he has set it all up. He has bribed one of the girls in the vaults of the Paradise City Casino. He has also hired the roughest, toughest and meanest crooks in the country for the job. Nothing, but nothing is going to stand between Maisky, his four specially-recruited accomplices and all the loot. All goes well, even Maisky’s plan of betrayal. That is, until Sheila and her husband heisted all this hard-earned cash from him.
The story takes place at Paradise City and features chief of police Frank Terrel and Tom Lepski. The way they handle the case is somewhat unrealistic because they seem to guess everything single thing right.
Well Now, My Pretty is one of my favourites. Other books that I loved from this author is ’’In Vain Shadow’’ and ’’ There’s a hippie on the highway’’
This is the book that has it all - sex, murder, betrayal and white-hot talent of James Hadley Chase. For all the Chase fans, this is a must.