Order of James Hadley Chase Books

James Hadley Chase (1906-1985) was an English writer known for his mystery, suspense, and romance novels. He created the Steve Harmas, Frank Terrell, and Mark Girland series. Born to a veterinary surgeon and an Indian Army colonel who wanted him to study science, Chase had different aspirations at 18. He held various jobs, including a children's encyclopedia salesman, a bookshop salesman, and an executive at a book wholesaler. Eventually, he turned to writing and enjoyed a highly productive career. Chase had a passion for photography, reading, and classical music. He was married to Sylvia Ray for 53 years and had a son. He began his novel-writing career in 1939 with The Dead Stay Dumb and No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Below is a list of James Hadley Chase’s books in the order of their initial release:

James Hadley Chase became a published novelist in 1939 with the novel No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin. Below is a list of James Hadley Chase's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Dave Fenner Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
No Orchids for Miss Blandish / The Villain and the Virgin	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Doll's Bad News / Twelve C----- and a Woman	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Vic Malloy Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
You're Lonely When You're Dead	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Figure It Out for Yourself / The Marijuana Mob	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lay Her Among Lilies / Too Dangerous to Be Free	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Steve Harmas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
No Business of Mine (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Double Shuffle	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
There's Always a Price Tag	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shock Treatment	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tell It to the Birds	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Ear to the Ground	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Frank Terrell Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Soft Centre	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Way the Cookie Crumbles	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Well Now, My Pretty ..	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Believed Violent	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
There's a Hippie on the Highway	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Mark Girland Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Whiff of Money	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Is for Real	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Have This One on Me	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Have Yourself a Deal	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Helga Rolfe Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Ace Up My Sleeve	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Joker in the Pack	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Hold the Four Aces	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Don Micklem Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Mission to Siena (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Tom Lepski Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Like a Hole in the Head	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Have a Change of Scene	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Consider Yourself Dead	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Try This One for Size	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hit Them Where It Hurts	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Flesh of the Orchid	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lady -- Here's Your Wreath (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dead Stay Dumb / Kiss My Fist!	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Get a Load of This	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Never Know with Women	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Eve	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Just the Way It Is (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand	(1944)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Make the Corpse Walk (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I'll Get You for This	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blonde's Requiem (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
More Deadly Than the Male	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trusted Like the Fox (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1948)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Paw in the Bottle (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1949)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Why Pick On Me? (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1950)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In a Vain Shadow (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
But a Short Time to Live (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strictly for Cash	(1951)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fast Buck	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wary Transgressor (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I'll Bury My Dead	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Things Men Do (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Safer Dead / Dead Ringer	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mission to Venice (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tiger by the Tail	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sucker Punch (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Way for a Shroud	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You've Got It Coming	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Pickup (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ruthless (As:Raymond Marshall)	(1955)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Find Him, I'll Fix Him	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Guilty Are Afraid	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Never Trust a Woman (As:Raymond Marshall)	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hit and Run	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Case of the Strangled Starlet / Not So Safe to Be Free	(1958)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World in My Pocket	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Just Another Sucker	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Come Easy, Go Easy	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What's Better Than Money?	(1960)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Lotus for Miss Quon	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Would Rather Stay Poor	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Coffin from Hong Kong	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Bright Summer Morning	(1963)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cade	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Vulture is a Patient Bird	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mallory (As: Raymond Marshall)	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
He Won't Need It Now	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Just a Matter of Time	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Want to Stay Alive?	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You're Dead Without Money	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Knock, Knock! Who's There?	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
So What Happens to Me?	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Three of Spades	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Believe This... You'll Believe Anything	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Goldfish Have No Hiding Place	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
So Soon to Die	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Do Me a Favour - Drop Dead	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
My Laugh Comes Last	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Meet Mark Girland	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Must Be Kidding	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Can of Worms	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Can Say That Again	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Have a Nice Night	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hand Me a Fig Leaf	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
We'll Share a Double Funeral	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Not My Thing	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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