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| Title | : | Shock Treatment (Steve Harmas #4) |
| Author | : | James Hadley Chase |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Large Print |
| Pages | : | Pages: 187 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2004 by Thorndike Press (first published 1959) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Novels. Fiction. Mystery Thriller |
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Terry Regan is a radio and television salesman who sells a custom-made set to Jack Delaney, an inveterate drunk who is confined to a wheel-chair because of a motor accident caused by his wife. The couple live in Glyn Camp, a small town outside Los Angeles.Regan takes a fancy to the attractive wife who is considerably younger than her husband and an affair begins. Regan is infatuated and wants Gilda for himself but Delaney is, despite his invalidity, hale and hearty.
However, he devises an ingenious plot to get rid of him, a plot that he feels is completely fool-proof But ingenious murder plots do have a habit of backfiring and this one does, despite his great attention to detail.
The plot seems to have worked and when the Glyn Camp sheriff arrives with a doctor the pair agree with Regan that it is a sad accident. But once the insurance agent, Maddox, gets involved the tale takes a definite twist. Maddox has always won cases when he suspects insurance fraud and in this particular one he definitely feels that is the case. The LA police, who have been called in, eventually agree and Gilda is arrested, although she does not admit the crime.
In court Gilda is charged with her husband's murder, Regan is most distressed and in private he tells her that he committed the crime. A top class defence lawyer is engaged and the jury eventually find Gilda not guilty and she disappears to Los Angeles and then New York, leaving Regan high and dry without a farewell. Regan is crestfallen for she does not appear to want him any more.
He eventually relocates to Los Angeles and then to New York where he unexpectedly arrives on Gilda's doorstep once more to find her circumstances considerably changed. Then history repeats itself, her husband dies and in a surprising twist another court case follows ...
Regan is once again bemused and can't believe the case of deja vu.
James Hadley Chase is the master of suspense and 'Shock Treatment' keeps the reader on the edge of the seat throughout with its fast pace, convincing setting, compelling dialogue and Chase's art of deception.
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| Original Title: | Shock Treatment |
| ISBN: | 0786258403 (ISBN13: 9780786258406) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Steve Harmas #4 |
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Ratings: 3.72 From 225 Users | 23 ReviewsNotice Containing Books Shock Treatment (Steve Harmas #4)
I read this book again because it was the first ever book I read at the age of 11. It was a leftover copy from a relative who'd passed away. So it was something special then. It isn't a special book by itself now. It's another James Hadley Chase book.Another typical JHC thriller, just when you think you know what the plot is chapter after chapter it keeps you interested, he really is a master author!
Terry Regan is a radio and television salesman who sells a custom-made set to Jack Delaney, an inveterate drunk who is confined to a wheel-chair because of a motor accident caused by his wife. The couple live in Glyn Camp, a small town outside Los Angeles.Regan takes a fancy to the attractive wife who is considerably younger than her husband and an affair begins. Regan is infatuated and wants Gilda for himself but Delaney is, despite his invalidity, hale and hearty.However, he devises an
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René Lodge Brabazon Raymond was born on 24th December 1906 in London, England, the son of Colonel Francis Raymond of the colonial Indian Army, a veterinary surgeon. His father intended his son to have a scientific career, was initially educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent. He left home at the age of 18 and became at different times a children's encyclopedia salesman, a salesman in a
Chase has used this formula before,a cripple,a wicked woman and a would be criminal,planning murder.It works here.
কাহিনী মাঝারি মানের কিনতু অনুবাদক খেল দেখাইসে.....পডতে গিযে মনে হইসে সেবার অনুবাদ পরতেসি.....অথচ অনুবাদকের নাম আগে শুনি নাই....তার কাছ থেলে আর ভালো ভালো বই আশা করতেসি....অনুবাদ ৫ আউট অফ ৫.....
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