Alright, its better to try than not to try at all!

  I have three novels in mind that answer your questions. Here we go;

1) The joker in the pack

2) An ace up my sleeve

3) I hold the four aces

well are you submitting three answers? i asked for only one...........and where is Bagoma for God's sake? and what about the other parts to the question?

nicetohave:

Bagoma this is a give away, pleaseeeeeee :

" How dare you pry into my private papers ! You LovePeddler ! " he exclaimed harshly.
" I would rather be a LovePeddler than a crippled joke ! " she screamed at him.
Then it happened.
Blood rushed to his face, his mouth twisted, the canes slipped out of his hands and clattered on the floor. He clutched at his chest. The agony that swept through his thin body made her close her eyes. Then he toppled forward, suddenly boneless and fell at her feet.
Would he die ?

1) Who is the first person in the dialogue?
2) Who is the second person in the dialogue?
3) Name the James Hadley Chase title

Here we go:
1) The first person in the dialogue is Mr. Herman Rolfe
2)The second person is Helga Rolfe
3)Chase title: An ace up my sleeve

BINGO!

Good job Cushman

you got 1 and 2 correctly

3 is Joker in the Pack, that is the novel Herman Rolfe died...he was alive in an ace up my sleeve and never featured in i hold the four aces, Bingo

Bagoma, please say something, your silence is killing me

yeah right nicetohave, can't be deceived bought that easily. AGAIN

i was soooo looking to getting my prize when suddenly...... oh no, not again

@Nice2have Na wa o
It seems u live Chase 24/7 as u remember the titles and all what happened as 4 me I read once and after 1 or 2 wks i forget the whole story, thats what makes it so interesting i can read the same book many times over and still enjoy it as if it was d first time!!!!!!!!

that's interesting jalal, talk about retentive memory!

No conversation about James Hadley Chase is complete without reference to

"No Orchids for Miss Blandish"

In my humble opinion the best of all his works.......

Anyone agree??

Its a bomb, may not be the best but its the very first novel he wrote, an excellent masterpiece................boy its going to be difficult to say which novel is the best, have you read the dolls bad news? (dave fenner, the same guy who busted the grissom gang) what about Flesh of the orchids? (a masterpiece in its own right)

Long live James Hadley Chase (R.I.P)

Hmm, how about Tiger By The Tail? Or, Well Now My Pretty, or This Way For A Shroud, or Knock Knock, Who's There? Not to mention Want To Stay Alive. Not to mention my all time favourite, Tell It To The Birds.

It's really difficult picking the best out of all, or rather, flatly impossible. There are so many brilliant thrillers of his, that only after you've submitted your reply, have long logged out of Nairaland, have long shutdown your system, do the titles of yet many more start coming to you.

By the way, who's got any ebooks of his?

I agree with you farriel, Chase is the master of all thriller writers, take it or leave it.

do we have James hadley chase in ebooks? tell me where i can get them if there are any, it will be a pleasure to post some of them on this forum if i can get them.

There should be. Like most other popular authors whose books are being digitized.

Sadly Nicetohave, I do not know anywhere you could get them (for free ). I've been searching myself, but no luck so far. Once I find, I'd inform you.

good, id like to have them even if i have to buy.....sadly though it seems chase is being quickly forgotten and i dont know why but i'll check if there is any fan club that will have more info on this.

Yeah...I don't think he's as popular as he used to be anymore although I haven't read any of his books but I've heard about him

@nicetohave, where's my prize? I got 1 and 2 correctly

Patience, patience..........if everybody gets the prize for answering half the question then the organisers will close down but in any case since you are the closest to it id give it to you.

so two down (Bagoma is getting a complimentary copy and youre getting one for your half effort) three more to go:

you'll sure get your copies, take my word for it.

Watch out for subsequent quiz.

your word?
hmmmn! i fear ooo

@bagoma, have no fear. It'll work. You'll see

hen! cushman you want to trust that man?

Ha! relax, we are trusting him together, aren't we?

kaylala:

I never for once read one of his novels.But my immediate elder brother was an addict,he nevver stops reading Hadley chase to the extent that he was known in virtually all book stores and magazine stands in Lagso. Anyways i thank God 4 him now.

I was in love with Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes? That funny detective right? Though interesting too

bagoma:

your word?
hmmmn! i fear ooo

bagoma:

hen! cushman you want to trust that man?

na wa o Bagoma, just one quiz you got wrong and im branded for life anyway sha you no need believe in the organiser until you get a mail in your box, and when you open it................its your prize

Talking about Holmes, he was one helluva detective, really. Probably the best we've seen in books. He and Watson made an excellent pair.

Looking forward to more quizes, Nicetohave.

I have a collection of all his adventures.

Holmes and Watson made a good pair.

What about Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot?

Never heard of ther

Cushman

Bagoma

Please your prizes are ready to go out, how do you want it to be delievered to you?.............respond ontime please....for real.

And to subsequent prize winners (still have three more chase to go) and that goes for Bagoma and cushman you may either opt to pick up the novel at mushin, lagos or give a mailing (not contact) address for it to be sent to you.

_{maybe now Bagoma will learn to believe me}

Ha! Ha!! Ha!!!

@nicetohave, is that for real?

I know bagoma won't believe you until she really gets it. Anyway, i'll rather PM you my mailing/contact address because i'll be shifting base in a coupla days

well wait and see now.....I need to get the mailing address by tomorrow so i can tell the person that will mail it, because he has to calculate how much it will cost to mail it to you.........please for now, prizes can only be sent to winners in naija o, and if you're in lagos (Bagoma et all) please do me a favour and pick your prize up yourself to save me the cost of mailing it to you, thanks.

I am doing this as a tribute to James Hadley Chase....shikena

alright! so which book will i getting? will it be the my laugh comes last? i.e the safest bank in the world? or...... just asking not as if i'm truly expecting sha o.. 
will love to oblige you the favor, send me your contact here in lagos via PM and leave the rest.


[size=5pt]you had better be for real this time.[/size] just joking i trust you