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The double shuffle

The double shuffle

by James Hadley Chase

19521950sFiction in EnglishSuspense
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Susan Gellert is an obscure dancer - blonde, beautiful and innocent, who performed onstage with a deadly cobra on her neck, and a dancer, Denny, who also appeared innocent. Susan is insured for a sum of a million dollars at the National Fidelity, where the infamous Maddux heads the Claims Department. Maddux doesn't like it one bit, and asks Steve Harmas, his investigator, to try and find out the real picture, even before something happened to Susan and any claim was made. Was it supposed to be a publicity stunt, to get Susan's name in the local dailies? But someone stood to gain an awful lot of money, if she died. And by the time Steve completed his investigations, he was sure that whoever it was, didn't intend to wait long before collecting the compensation money...

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1950sFiction in EnglishSuspense
First published 1952

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About the author

James Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase

24 December 1906 – 06 February 1985

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…

Author

James Hadley Chase

First published

1952

Pages

253

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

Panther

ISBN

9780451011121

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