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James Hadley Chase Books in Order
Every James Hadley Chase book in publication order — 88 in total, spanning 1939–2020.
Publication Order of Dave Fenner Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Doll's Bad News | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Vic Malloy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Figure It Out for Yourself | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Lay Her Among Lilies | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | You're Lonely When You're Dead | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Steve Harmas Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Business of Mine | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Double Shuffle | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | There's Always a Price Tag | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Shock Treatment | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Tell It to the Birds | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | An Ear to the Ground | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Frank Terrell Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Soft Centre | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Way the Cookie Crumbles | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Well Now, My Pretty .. | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Believed Violent | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | There's a Hippie on the Highway | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mark Girland Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Whiff of Money | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | This Is for Real | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Have This One on Me | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | You Have Yourself a Deal | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Helga Rolfe Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ace Up My Sleeve | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Joker in the Pack | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | I Hold the Four Aces | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Don Micklem Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission to Siena | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Tom Lepski Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like a Hole in the Head | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Have a Change of Scene | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Consider Yourself Dead | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Try This One for Size | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Hit Them Where It Hurts | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Flesh of the Orchid | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Get a Load of This | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | You Never Know with Women | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Eve | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Just the Way it Is | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Make the Corpse Walk | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | I'll Get You for This | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Why Pick on Me? | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | In a Vain Shadow | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | But a Short Time to Live | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Fast Buck | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Wary Transgressor | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | I'll Bury My Dead | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Things Men Do | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Safer Dead | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Mission to Venice | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Tiger by the Tail | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Sucker Punch | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | This Way for a Shroud | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | You've Got It Coming | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | You Find Him, I'll Fix Him | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Guilty Are Afraid | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Hit and Run | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The World in My Pocket | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Come Easy Go Easy | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | What's Better Than Money? | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Just Another Sucker | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | A Lotus for Miss Quon | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | I Would Rather Stay Poor | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | One Bright Summer Morning | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Cade | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Vulture Is a Patient Bird | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Mallory | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | He Won't Need It Now | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Just a Matter of Time | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Want to Stay Alive? | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Trusted Like the Fox | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | More Deadly Than the Male | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | You're Dead Without Money | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Knock, Knock! Who's There? | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | So What Happens to Me? | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Three of Spades | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Paw in the Bottle | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Lotus for Miss Quon | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Believe This... You'll Believe Anything | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Goldfish Have No Hiding Place | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Do Me a Favour-Drop Dead | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | My Laugh Comes Last | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Meet Mark Girland | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | You Must Be Kidding | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | A Can of Worms | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | You Can Say That Again | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Have a Nice Night | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Hand Me a Fig Leaf | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | We'll Share a Double Funeral | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Not My Thing | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Lady-Here's Your Wreath | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 88, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Flesh of the Orchid | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Doll's Bad News | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Get a Load of This | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | You Never Know with Women | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Eve | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Just the Way it Is | 1944 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Make the Corpse Walk | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | I'll Get You for This | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | No Business of Mine | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Figure It Out for Yourself | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Lay Her Among Lilies | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | You're Lonely When You're Dead | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Why Pick on Me? | 1950 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | In a Vain Shadow | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | But a Short Time to Live | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Fast Buck | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Wary Transgressor | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | I'll Bury My Dead | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Things Men Do | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Double Shuffle | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Safer Dead | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Mission to Venice | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Tiger by the Tail | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Sucker Punch | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | This Way for a Shroud | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Mission to Siena | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | You've Got It Coming | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | There's Always a Price Tag | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | You Find Him, I'll Fix Him | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Guilty Are Afraid | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Whiff of Money | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Hit and Run | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Shock Treatment | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The World in My Pocket | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Come Easy Go Easy | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | What's Better Than Money? | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Just Another Sucker | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | A Lotus for Miss Quon | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | I Would Rather Stay Poor | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Tell It to the Birds | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | One Bright Summer Morning | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Soft Centre | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Way the Cookie Crumbles | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | This Is for Real | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Cade | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Well Now, My Pretty .. | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Have This One on Me | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | An Ear to the Ground | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Believed Violent | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Vulture Is a Patient Bird | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Mallory | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | There's a Hippie on the Highway | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Like a Hole in the Head | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Ace Up My Sleeve | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | He Won't Need It Now | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Just a Matter of Time | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Want to Stay Alive? | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Trusted Like the Fox | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | More Deadly Than the Male | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | You're Dead Without Money | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Have a Change of Scene | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Knock, Knock! Who's There? | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | So What Happens to Me? | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Three of Spades | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | The Joker in the Pack | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The Paw in the Bottle | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Lotus for Miss Quon | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | Believe This... You'll Believe Anything | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | Goldfish Have No Hiding Place | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Do Me a Favour-Drop Dead | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | My Laugh Comes Last | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | I Hold the Four Aces | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | Consider Yourself Dead | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | Meet Mark Girland | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | You Must Be Kidding | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | A Can of Worms | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | You Can Say That Again | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | You Have Yourself a Deal | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Try This One for Size | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Have a Nice Night | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Hand Me a Fig Leaf | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | We'll Share a Double Funeral | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | Not My Thing | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | Hit Them Where It Hurts | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Lady-Here's Your Wreath | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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