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The Vulture is a Patient Bird James Hadley Chase

The Vulture is a Patient Bird By James Hadley Chase

The Vulture is a Patient Bird by James Hadley Chase


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'Master of the art of deception' New Statesman

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The Vulture is a Patient Bird by James Hadley Chase

A brilliant but sadistic safe-breaker; a beautiful seductress; an expert young hunter and an ace pilot with a shady past - this is the team that undercover operator Armo Shalik assembles to steal the priceless Borgia ring from millionaire Max Kahlenberg's closely guarded fortress in the remote and deadly African bush.

But when Kahlenberg finds out they are coming, the gang's expedition turns into a strictly one-way safari - to slaughter ...

'Insanely readable' Observer

About James Hadley Chase

Born Rene Brabazon Raymond in London, the son of a British colonel in the Indian Army, James Hadley Chase was educated at King's School in Rochester, Kent, and left home at the age of 18. He initially worked in book sales until, inspired by the rise of gangster culture during the Depression and by reading James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, he wrote his first novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Despite the American setting of many of his novels, Chase (like Peter Cheyney, another hugely successful British noir writer) never lived there, writing with the aid of maps and a slang dictionary. He had phenomenal success with the novel, which continued unabated throughout his entire career, spanning 45 years and nearly 90 novels. His work was published in dozens of languages and over thirty titles were adapted for film. He served in the RAF during World War II, where he also edited the RAF Journal. In 1956 he moved to France with his wife and son; they later moved to Switzerland, where Chase lived until his death in 1985.

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NLS9781471903687
9781471903687
1471903680
The Vulture is a Patient Bird by James Hadley Chase
New
Paperback
The Murder Room
2013-06-14
176
N/A
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