hello ofud,
welcome to nairaland.
i've been around. seemed like justice had been done to this topic hence the silence.

I like a wif of money n also cade.

Hi fellow fans,  nice to see so many Chase fans together,  Please go through my exhaustive website on Chase at www.angelfire.com/celeb2/hadleychase/index.htm. I believe that it is the only comprehensive website on Chase in the world.

Enjoy   

pcs

sure it is, thanks

Is this thread dead or wat?

like Bagoma said, seems the topic has been exhausted but hey new members to NL should share with us their experience and add to the fun so the thread can continue to thrive. JHC deserves it

Oops, i once contributed bt y'all know nairaland and its numerous threads! JHC is one writer i love! Recently read EVE.

personality quiz!!!!!!!!!!! 1.big,blond agent with green eyes,flat face and a mean disposition.2.fat ,bald gay with an orange wig and cunning ways.3.small, dapper agent of universal services with streak of white in hair, annd 4 d previous quiz, 1.claude kedrick.2.john dorey.3.sergeant joe biegler, since u scaled d first hurdle, nicetohav,e u shuld expect it to get harder!

Not Beigler u ass, its Jack Kerman of Universal Services,

As well as i love reading novels, i must tell you iv not read any of his novels
i heard over the radio that the name JAMES HARDLEY CHASE is not his real name

it will be better to count the ones I didn't read 'cause i readalmost all the Chase books.


'Make the Corpse Walk' was my first and i was hooked on that 'crack'. My favourite Chase books are :

1. Figure it Out For Yourself (featuring my fav Chase Character, Vic Malloy)
2. Flesh Of The Orchid (Anyone Remember the Sullivan Bruthas, creepy mutha#$%#)

"I and little Bernie pulled a big bank robbery. Bernie has been cheating me, I wanted to get even. I skipped away with the dough, $20000.00 and I have salted it away, Bernie went to the Sullivan brothers, he knows they'll get me and they will, "

3. The World In My Pocket (You end up having sympathy for criminals)
4. The Vulture is a Patient Bird
5. No Orchid For Miss Blandish (Ahhhh, what about dave Fenner and the Grissom Mob)


It was hard coming up with the list 'cause I loved everyone of them,

The only James Hadley James novel I have ever read is " You never know with women"

The only James Hadley James novel I have ever read is " You never know with women"

Oracle:

As well as i love reading novels, i must tell you iv not read any of his novels
i heard over the radio that the name JAMES HARDLEY CHASE is not his real name

His real name is René Brabazon Raymond.

My best friend in school was so mad about that book she even started quoting the books.
I think that she most have read all and more than once.

umm, can't really remember unless i find someone to joggle up my memory like bagoma
i know i've read one bright summer morning, strictly for cash and wanna stay alive.

hey where can I get James Hardley Chase novels to buy

cammax7:

hey where can I get James Hardley Chase novels to buy

amazon.com

md4real:

im a great admirer of chase novels. my favourite characters are girland and the rusians. james is the master of all. we teens still read it.

Mine are: Dave Fenner, Vic Malloy, Don Micklem, Tom Lepski and Vito Ferrari

Who can tell me the title of a Hardly Chase Novel which featured a talking dog. I read it back in the early 80's and was spellbound from page one to page finish. Those were the good old days when novels were the only entertainment for those whose parents couldn't afford a colored TV and Video. Can you imagine the joy of reading a novel with candle eh? No be today NEPA begin messup oh

CalabarMan:

Who can tell me the title of a Hardly Chase Novel which featured a talking dog. I read it back in the early 80's and was spellbound from page one to page finish. Those were the good old days when novels were the only entertainment for those whose parents couldn't afford a colored TV and Video. Can you imagine the joy of reading a novel with candle eh? No be today NEPA begin messup oh

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand.

grafikdon:

Miss Shumway Waves a Wand.

Yeah correct i just finished reading it, its a crazy story, the girl Myra having somehow gotten the magical powers of Quintl the indian was able to influence all the people around her with the magic powers, which included turning Pablo the mexican bandit into a sausage which was eaten by the dog, this enabled him to talk.
Also because of the powers the good and bad in her separted into Myra /Arym the good side of her and the bad!!!!!
Quite hilarious i must say but not my favorite chase,

But whats his name macbain? is better that James

Chase novels were the thing in the 70s, All the chicks in my hood in Palm Grove became my best Friends when word spread that i had a massive collection of chase novels, though i cannot remember buying any!, The books were one of things that kept us occupied in our teenage years (no 24/7 TV or cable or even video in those days, ) and unarguably helped some folks spoken English, I also used to read Nick Carter and Harold Robbins, As a i got older and looked deeper into that genre of chase novels i found out that he wrote exactly like Raymond Chandler, the chap who wrote the Maltese Falcon, Big Sleep etc,

Yes, Chase novels were good, those were the days

These are tears of a joyous memories  James Hardley Chase !  My 1st was WANT TO STAY ALIVE featuring Poke Toholo, I picked it from my Dad's Library I was only 10yrs then . I was on punishment u know the old' detention then when u get sent into a room NOT to come out until u were told to. I was actually meant to be reading a book packed with disney stories ,,, Cinderella, sleeping beauty etc, but out of curiosity I just picked this novel, even though there were some parts which my young brain couldn't figure out then but it was so so interesting that I eventually got called more than ten times that day just to have my dinner  waoh forgetting I was actually serving a punishment  . Since then I got so addicted to my father's Library which was packed with most of JHC's novel. in the later years my friends started refering to me as a TOMBOY because they were stuck with reading Mills and Boons . I didn't quite dig M&B's stories then because' I thought they were very predictable , ,,, as in girl meets boy, they started off as enemies then later fall in love  but trust JHC ! always put you on the edge of your seat. People also had a misconception of the contents because of the pictures on the hardcover.

These novels almost made me go crazy, I mean if I saw a stranger with any one which I had not read I definitely strike up a conversation and stole a flip through    or found a way of borrowing it !

[i]Could you recollect the one with the st christopher's medal necklace  gosh ! ehm ehm I think there was a crime and the guy thought he'd dropped the neckchain at the scene, ran away from town but eventually found it while he was trying to change his clothes ? this ended the very chapter ?[/i]

Talk about the Quiz @Jalal thumbs up to u for those refereshers  ONE BRIGHT SUMMER MORNING ' ! shebi it was that one with those ruthless twins boy and girl shey ?

JAMES HARDLEY CHASE most common motto:- ELIMINATE THE MOTIVE AND ESTABLISH AN ALIBI !

@ gentleone, ,

@ calabarman,
i feel you. no be today nepa don begin fumble.
i used torchlight/kerosene lanterns then.

indeed those were the days!



where is nicetohave?

maybe when u get ur antiques, I could get to read them , from they wey u all talked they sound intresting , never bothered cos of its intriguing pic as cover, mum wouldnt allow me read that.

his books are legendary, i could sit down for 24 hours reading those books,the guy is SO talented, i have read like 15 and the first one i read was lay her among the lillies

24hrs? well i did better than that I remember in those good ole days, i started THE GUILTY ARE AFRAID in the morning and finished it before nightfall and picked up AN EAR TO THE GROUND and went halfway before going to bed, same day!

My point is? who can find me a better thriller writer?

_{bagoma i am here o, nairaland is home and as they say, jump high or low home is home}

hey nice2have,
so glad you are back.
welcome home, brother.

nicetohave , have you tried Robert Littel? The sisters, Mother Russia and lots more

Robert Littel? hmm i never heard of that oghos2k, however my other indulgence that i also enjoy are ROBERT LUDLUM and Jeffrey Archer.