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James Hadley Chase
THE THINGS MEN DO: Chapter 11-14
THE THINGS MEN DO JAMES HADLEY CHASE CHAPTER ELEVEN Ann got back soon after eleven o’clock the following morning. She came briskly down the garage to where I was working with Tim, putting on a new cylinder gasket. “I’ll be up in about ten minutes,” I said, waving my oily hands at her to show … Read more
THE THINGS MEN DO: Chapter 5-10
BY JAMES HADLEY CHASE CHAPTER FIVE As I walked from Gloria’s flat to Charing Cross Station to collect my suit-case, I worked out a plan of campaign. That good night kss, plus the whisky, had hopped me up as if I had swallowed a handful of Benzedrine tablets. I was chock full of confidence that … Read more
THE THINGS MEN DO: Chapter 1 – 4
THE THINGS MEN DO JAMES HADLEY CHASE CHAPTER ONE The truck’s headlights picked her out of the darkness the way a spotlight pinpoints a solo act on the stage. She stood beside a 1939 Buick Roadmaster that hadn’t been washed in months nor polished in years. She had on a grey flannel skirt and a … Read more
COME EASY, GO EASY: Chapter 11 – The End
COME EASY — GO EASY CHAPTER ELEVEN I It was while we were having breakfast that I told Roy about Ricks. “You have got to watch out for him,” I said. “He’s always dropping in unexpectedly. He was in yesterday, and he needled me into socking him. It was a d@mn silly thing to do … Read more
COME EASY, GO EASY- James Hadley Chase: Chapter 6-10
Chapter Six I The hands of my wristwatch showed one-forty. For the past half-hour there had been no trucks coming through. I had been sweating it out for over three hours—waiting for her. Then suddenly I saw her come out of the bungalow. She moved languidly. She was wearing a white shirt and a full, … Read more
Come Easy, Go Easy – James Hadley Chase: Chapter 1 – 5
chapter one I An emergency call came in at five minutes to eleven, just when I was getting ready to leave. If it had come in five minutes later I could have safely ignored it, but with still five minutes to go before official closing time, I was stuck with it. The night telephone was … Read more
