A Coffin from Hong Kong

A mysterious voice on the telephone, a beautiful Chinese girl brutally murdered, a doddering millionaire with a guilty conscience, a private detective ensnared by unfathomable crimes, a Kowloon hooker who talks too much for her own good . . . and a coffin from Hong Kong . . .These are the barbs that pull P.I. Ryan Nelson into the strangest case of his career. To solve the mystery, he must leave the postcard-pretty beaches of his California home and burrow into the sinister alleys of the ancient walled city of Kowloon. A Coffin from Hong Kong is one of James Hadley Chase's most intriguing novels, full of exotic locations and chock full of thrills. It is also one his most sensitive portrayals of people trapped by a fate they cannot shake.James Hadley Chase (René Brabazon Raymond) was born on Christmas Eve, 1906, in London and started his career as a bookseller. Seeing that the hard-boiled thrillers were selling especially well, he decided to write his own-No Orchids for Miss Blandish. It was the start of an incredible run of nearly 100 novels. Dozens of Chase thrillers have been made into feature films and stage plays. It is with good reason that Chase is known as the King of Thrillers.