- 1940s, Fiction in English, Romance, Suspense
A gambling town's city administrator uses a blonde as bait to frame a vacationing gunman for murder, only to have the blonde switch sides and hook up with the gunman.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and plot-driven.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- James Hadley Chase
- First published
- 1947
- Pages
- 212
- Publisher
- Hale, Harlequin, The Crowood Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780709183044
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René Lodge Brabazon Raymond was born on 24th December 1906 in London, England, the son of Colonel Francis Raymond of the colonial Indian Army, a veterinary surgeon. 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 relax
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