This is a complete list of the books (novels & short story collections) written by James Hadley Chase(with GEMs highlighted). The list includes links for the Wikipedia page and E-book for each book. There is also a column called “More info” with links to optional posts on each book. For more interesting details on James Hadley Chase, you can check out this post.
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Year
Category
Book Title
GEM!
Recurring Character(s)
Comments
Wiki page
E-book
More
1939
Novel
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (aka The Villain and the Virgin)
Dave Fenner
Chase's debut novel
1939
Novel
He Won't Need It Now
(writing as James L. Dochery)
1939
Novel
The Dead Stay Dumb (aka Kiss My Fist!)
1940
Novel
Lady, Here's Your Wreath
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1941
Novel
Miss Callaghan Comes To Grief
1941
Novel
The Doll's Bad News (aka Twelve Chinks and a Woman)
Dave Fenner
1942
Short Stories
Get a Load of This
Includes 14 short stories
1944
Novel
Just The Way It Is
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1944
Novel
Miss Shumway Waves A Wand
1945
Novel
Blonde's Requiem
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1945
Novel
Eve
1946
Novel
I'll Get You For This
1946
Novel
More Deadly Than The Male
(writing as Ambrose Grant)
1947
Novel
Make The Corpse Walk
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1947
Novel
No Business of Mine
Steve Harmas
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1948
Novel
The Flesh of the Orchid
1948
Novel
Trusted Like the Fox (aka Ruthless)
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1949
Novel
The Paw In The Bottle
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1949
Novel
You Never Know With Women
1949
Novel
You're Lonely When You're Dead
Vic Malloy
1950
Novel
Figure It Out For Yourself (aka The Marijuana Mob)
Vic Malloy
1950
Novel
Lay Her Among The Lilies (aka Too Dangerous To Be Free)
Vic Malloy
1950
Novel
Mallory
Martin Corridon
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1951
Novel
But A Short Time To Live (aka The Pickup)
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1951
Novel
In A Vain Shadow (aka Never Trust a Woman)
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1951
Novel
Strictly For Cash
1951
Novel
Why Pick On Me?
Martin Corridon
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1952
Novel
The Double Shuffle
Steve Harmas, Maddox
1952
Novel
The Fast Buck (aka The Soft Touch)
1952
Novel
The Wary Transgressor
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1953
Novel
I'll Bury My Dead
1953
Novel
The Things Men Do
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1953
Novel
This Way For A Shroud
1954
Novel
Mission To Venice
Don Micklem
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1954
Novel
Safer Dead (aka Dead Ringer)
1954
Novel
The Sucker Punch
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1954
Novel
Tiger By The Tail
1955
Novel
Mission To Siena
Don Micklem
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1955
Novel
You've Got It Coming
1956
Novel
There's Always A Price Tag
Maddox, Steve Harmas
1956
Novel
You Find Him, I'll Fix Him
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1957
Novel
The Guilty Are Afraid
1958
Novel
Hit And Run
(writing as Raymond Marshall)
1958
Novel
Not Safe To Be Free (aka The Case of the Strangled Starlet)
1959
Novel
Shock Treatment
Maddox, Steve Harmas
1959
Novel
The World In My Pocket
1960
Novel
Come Easy - Go Easy
1960
Novel
What's Better Than Money?
1961
Novel
A Lotus For Miss Quon
1961
Novel
Just Another Sucker
1962
Novel
A Coffin From Hong Kong
1962
Novel
I Would Rather Stay Poor
1963
Novel
One Bright Summer Morning
1963
Novel
Tell It To The Birds
Maddox
1964
Novel
The Soft Centre
Paradise City Police Force
1965
Novel
The Way the Cookie Crumbles
Paradise City Police Force
1965
Novel
This Is For Real
Mark Girland
1966
Novel
Cade
1966
Novel
You Have Yourself A Deal
Mark Girland
1967
Novel
Have This One On Me
Mark Girland
1967
Novel
Well Now, My Pretty
Paradise City Police Force
1968
Novel
An Ear To The Ground
Al Barney, Paradise City Police Force, Maddox, Steve Harmas