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Home / Authors / James Hadley Chase James Hadley Chase British author best known for the hardboiled crime novels featuring private eye Vic Malloy and the ruthless gangster Frank Terrell. His books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, cementing his legacy as a master of pulp noir. This page lists James Hadley Chase books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1939 No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin POoDFB · 1 Buy ↗ 1940 The Flesh of the Orchid POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1940 Lady -- Here's Your Wreath(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1941 The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman POoDFB · 2 Buy ↗ 1941 The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist! POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1941 Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1942 Get a Load of This POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1942 You Never Know with Women POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1944 Just the Way It Is(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1944 Miss Shumway Waves a Wand POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1946 Make the Corpse Walk(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1946 I'll Get You for This POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1946 Blonde's Requiem(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1946 More Deadly Than the Male POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1947 No Business of Mine(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSHB · 1 Buy ↗ 1948 Trusted Like the Fox(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1949 You're Lonely When You're Dead POoVMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1949 The Paw in the Bottle(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1950 Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob POoVMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1950 Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free POoVMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1950 Why Pick On Me?(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1951 In a Vain Shadow(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 1951 But a Short Time to Live(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 1951 Strictly for Cash POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 1952 The Fast Buck POoSN · 20 Buy ↗ 1952 The Wary Transgressor(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 21 Buy ↗ 1953 I'll Bury My Dead POoSN · 22 Buy ↗ 1953 The Things Men Do(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 23 Buy ↗ 1954 Double Shuffle POoSHB · 2 Buy ↗ 1954 Safer Dead / Dead Ringer POoSN · 24 Buy ↗ 1954 Mission to Venice(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 25 Buy ↗ 1954 Tiger by the Tail POoSN · 26 Buy ↗ 1954 The Sucker Punch(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 27 Buy ↗ 1954 This Way for a Shroud POoSN · 28 Buy ↗ 1955 Mission to Siena(As: Raymond Marshall) POoDMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1955 You've Got It Coming POoSN · 29 Buy ↗ 1955 The Pickup(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 30 Buy ↗ 1955 Ruthless(As:Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 31 Buy ↗ 1956 There's Always a Price Tag POoSHB · 3 Buy ↗ 1956 You Find Him, I'll Fix Him POoSN · 32 Buy ↗ 1957 The Guilty Are Afraid POoSN · 33 Buy ↗ 1957 Never Trust a Woman(As:Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 34 Buy ↗ 1958 The Whiff of Money POoMGB · 1 Buy ↗ 1958 Hit and Run POoSN · 35 Buy ↗ 1958 The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free POoSN · 36 Buy ↗ 1959 Shock Treatment POoSHB · 4 Buy ↗ 1959 The World in My Pocket POoSN · 37 Buy ↗ 1960 Just Another Sucker POoSN · 38 Buy ↗ 1960 Come Easy, Go Easy POoSN · 39 Buy ↗ 1960 What's Better Than Money? POoSN · 40 Buy ↗ 1961 A Lotus for Miss Quon POoSN · 41 Buy ↗ 1962 I Would Rather Stay Poor POoSN · 42 Buy ↗ 1962 A Coffin from Hong Kong POoSN · 43 Buy ↗ 1963 Tell It to the Birds POoSHB · 5 Buy ↗ 1963 One Bright Summer Morning POoSN · 44 Buy ↗ 1964 The Soft Centre POoFTB · 1 Buy ↗ 1965 The Way the Cookie Crumbles POoFTB · 2 Buy ↗ 1965 This Is for Real POoMGB · 2 Buy ↗ 1967 Have This One on Me POoMGB · 3 Buy ↗ 1967 Well Now, My Pretty .. POoFTB · 3 Buy ↗ 1968 Believed Violent POoFTB · 4 Buy ↗ 1968 An Ear to the Ground POoSHB · 6 Buy ↗ 1969 The Vulture is a Patient Bird POoSN · 46 Buy ↗ 1969 Mallory(As: Raymond Marshall) POoSN · 47 Buy ↗ 1970 There's a Hippie on the Highway POoFTB · 5 Buy ↗ 1971 Like a Hole in the Head POoTLB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 Ace Up My Sleeve POoHRB · 1 Buy ↗ 1972 He Won't Need It Now POoSN · 48 Buy ↗ 1972 Just a Matter of Time POoSN · 49 Buy ↗ 1972 Want to Stay Alive? POoSN · 50 Buy ↗ 1972 You're Dead Without Money POoSN · 51 Buy ↗ 1973 Have a Change of Scene POoTLB · 2 Buy ↗ 1973 Knock, Knock! Who's There? POoSN · 52 Buy ↗ 1973 So What Happens to Me? POoSN · 53 Buy ↗ 1974 Three of Spades POoSN · 54 Buy ↗ 1975 The Joker in the Pack POoHRB · 2 Buy ↗ 1975 Believe This... You'll Believe Anything POoSN · 55 Buy ↗ 1975 Goldfish Have No Hiding Place POoSN · 56 Buy ↗ 1975 So Soon to Die POoSN · 57 Buy ↗ 1976 Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead POoSN · 58 Buy ↗ 1976 My Laugh Comes Last POoSN · 59 Buy ↗ 1977 Consider Yourself Dead POoTLB · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 I Hold the Four Aces POoHRB · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 Meet Mark Girland POoSN · 60 Buy ↗ 1978 You Must Be Kidding POoSN · 61 Buy ↗ 1979 A Can of Worms POoSN · 62 Buy ↗ 1979 You Can Say That Again POoSN · 63 Buy ↗ 1980 You Have Yourself a Deal POoMGB · 4 Buy ↗ 1980 Try This One for Size POoTLB · 4 Buy ↗ 1981 Have a Nice Night POoSN · 64 Buy ↗ 1981 Hand Me a Fig Leaf POoSN · 65 Buy ↗ 1982 We'll Share a Double Funeral POoSN · 66 Buy ↗ 1983 Not My Thing POoSN · 67 Buy ↗ 1984 Hit Them Where It Hurts POoTLB · 5 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Tom Lepski Books 5 books · 1971–1984
01 Like a Hole in the Head 1971 Buy ↗ 02 Have a Change of Scene 1973 Buy ↗ 03 Consider Yourself Dead 1977 Buy ↗ 04 Try This One for Size 1980 Buy ↗ 05 Hit Them Where It Hurts 1984 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Steve Harmas Books 6 books · 1947–1968
01 No Business of Mine(As: Raymond Marshall) 1947 Buy ↗ 02 Double Shuffle 1954 Buy ↗ 03 There's Always a Price Tag 1956 Buy ↗ 04 Shock Treatment 1959 Buy ↗ 05 Tell It to the Birds 1963 Buy ↗ 06 An Ear to the Ground 1968 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Helga Rolfe Books 3 books · 1972–1977
01 Ace Up My Sleeve 1972 Buy ↗ 02 The Joker in the Pack 1975 Buy ↗ 03 I Hold the Four Aces 1977 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 67 books · 1940–1983
01 The Flesh of the Orchid 1940 Buy ↗ 02 Lady -- Here's Your Wreath(As: Raymond Marshall) 1940 Buy ↗ 03 The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist! 1941 Buy ↗ 04 Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief 1941 Buy ↗ 05 Get a Load of This 1942 Buy ↗ 06 You Never Know with Women 1942 Buy ↗ 08 Just the Way It Is(As: Raymond Marshall) 1944 Buy ↗ 09 Miss Shumway Waves a Wand 1944 Buy ↗ 10 Make the Corpse Walk(As: Raymond Marshall) 1946 Buy ↗ 11 I'll Get You for This 1946 Buy ↗ 12 Blonde's Requiem(As: Raymond Marshall) 1946 Buy ↗ 13 More Deadly Than the Male 1946 Buy ↗ 14 Trusted Like the Fox(As: Raymond Marshall) 1948 Buy ↗ 15 The Paw in the Bottle(As: Raymond Marshall) 1949 Buy ↗ 16 Why Pick On Me?(As: Raymond Marshall) 1950 Buy ↗ 17 In a Vain Shadow(As: Raymond Marshall) 1951 Buy ↗ 18 But a Short Time to Live(As: Raymond Marshall) 1951 Buy ↗ 19 Strictly for Cash 1951 Buy ↗ 21 The Wary Transgressor(As: Raymond Marshall) 1952 Buy ↗ 22 I'll Bury My Dead 1953 Buy ↗ 23 The Things Men Do(As: Raymond Marshall) 1953 Buy ↗ 24 Safer Dead / Dead Ringer 1954 Buy ↗ 25 Mission to Venice(As: Raymond Marshall) 1954 Buy ↗ 26 Tiger by the Tail 1954 Buy ↗ 27 The Sucker Punch(As: Raymond Marshall) 1954 Buy ↗ 28 This Way for a Shroud 1954 Buy ↗ 29 You've Got It Coming 1955 Buy ↗ 30 The Pickup(As: Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy ↗ 31 Ruthless(As:Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy ↗ 32 You Find Him, I'll Fix Him 1956 Buy ↗ 33 The Guilty Are Afraid 1957 Buy ↗ 34 Never Trust a Woman(As:Raymond Marshall) 1957 Buy ↗ 36 The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free 1958 Buy ↗ 37 The World in My Pocket 1959 Buy ↗ 38 Just Another Sucker 1960 Buy ↗ 39 Come Easy, Go Easy 1960 Buy ↗ 40 What's Better Than Money? 1960 Buy ↗ 41 A Lotus for Miss Quon 1961 Buy ↗ 42 I Would Rather Stay Poor 1962 Buy ↗ 43 A Coffin from Hong Kong 1962 Buy ↗ 44 One Bright Summer Morning 1963 Buy ↗ 46 The Vulture is a Patient Bird 1969 Buy ↗ 47 Mallory(As: Raymond Marshall) 1969 Buy ↗ 48 He Won't Need It Now 1972 Buy ↗ 49 Just a Matter of Time 1972 Buy ↗ 50 Want to Stay Alive? 1972 Buy ↗ 51 You're Dead Without Money 1972 Buy ↗ 52 Knock, Knock! Who's There? 1973 Buy ↗ 53 So What Happens to Me? 1973 Buy ↗ 54 Three of Spades 1974 Buy ↗ 55 Believe This... You'll Believe Anything 1975 Buy ↗ 56 Goldfish Have No Hiding Place 1975 Buy ↗ 57 So Soon to Die 1975 Buy ↗ 58 Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead 1976 Buy ↗ 59 My Laugh Comes Last 1976 Buy ↗ 60 Meet Mark Girland 1977 Buy ↗ 61 You Must Be Kidding 1978 Buy ↗ 62 A Can of Worms 1979 Buy ↗ 63 You Can Say That Again 1979 Buy ↗ 64 Have a Nice Night 1981 Buy ↗ 65 Hand Me a Fig Leaf 1981 Buy ↗ 66 We'll Share a Double Funeral 1982 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Don Micklem Books 1 book · 1955
01 Mission to Siena(As: Raymond Marshall) 1955 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Mark Girland Books 4 books · 1958–1980
01 The Whiff of Money 1958 Buy ↗ 02 This Is for Real 1965 Buy ↗ 03 Have This One on Me 1967 Buy ↗ 04 You Have Yourself a Deal 1980 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Frank Terrell Books 5 books · 1964–1970
01 The Soft Centre 1964 Buy ↗ 02 The Way the Cookie Crumbles 1965 Buy ↗ 03 Well Now, My Pretty .. 1967 Buy ↗ 04 Believed Violent 1968 Buy ↗ 05 There's a Hippie on the Highway 1970 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Dave Fenner Books 2 books · 1939–1941
01 No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin 1939 Buy ↗ 02 The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman 1941 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Vic Malloy Books 3 books · 1949–1950
01 You're Lonely When You're Dead 1949 Buy ↗ 02 Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob 1950 Buy ↗ 03 Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free 1950 Buy ↗