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THE THINGS MEN DO JAMES HADLEY CHASE CHAPTER FIFTEEN Detective Sergeant Hollis swung the police car to the kerb and pulled up outside my garage. “If we should want you again, Mr. Collins,” he said, as I opened the car door, “I’ll come down and pick you up. You won’t be out of reach for … Read more
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
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 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 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
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
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
