Like a Hole in the Head

Cornwall, UK: House of Stratus - An Imprint of Stratus Books, Ltd, 2000. First Stratus Edition . Trade Paperback. As New. 5 1/4" X 8 1/4. Burville-Riley, Marc - Cover Design. 211 Pages. As New no defects and interior text pages are flawless. James Hadley Chase has been hailed as the thriller maestro for the generation, the king of all thriller writers and a master of the art of his deception. During he life, he wrote some eighty titles, each one thrilling and delighting his readers with their fast-moving tales of murder, intrigue, blackmail and espionage. Hadley Chase was born Rene Brabazon Raymond and wrote under the names of James L Dochery, Ambrose Grand, and Raymond Marshall. Ex-army musketry trainer, Jay Benson and his wife Lucy's dream of running a shooting school turns sour as the school heads towards certain closure. They need money - quickly, and a lot of it. At the eleventh hour Augusto Savanto, head of a vast corporation in Venezuela, walks into their lives with a proposition they can scarcely refuse - he will pay them $50,000 to turn his son into an expert marksman, in nine days. Desperate for money they accept the challenge but find themselves in a deadly game of ruthless vendettas and vengeful murder.