CADE - By James Hadley Chase

When a man's career is at it's peak, and when a woman's interference in his life leads to his downfall (and ultimately, his end), it makes us think- Is there a woman behind man's failure too? And that's exactly what James Hadley Chase wants us all to think, and he succeeds!

Most of his books have a male protagonist with a vulnerable heart who eventually falls for a beautiful,but vicious female who tries to manipulate him with her sex-appeal and satisfy her greed for money or power.

In this story too, there is Val Cade, a wealthy and talented photographer who meets beautiful Juana Roca, falls in love with her and marries her. But Juana, being the slut she is,wipes him out of all his money, ruins him and leaves him!
Cade becomes depressed and takes to drinking. He loses his courage, money and all the enthusiasm he once had to live life.

NO ORCHIDS FOR Miss.Blandish --- by James hadley chase

This is supposed to be his first book.. and my favorite author's! So i kinda took it with a lot of expectations... but to describe this book in one word, it's DEPRESSING!

its a thoroughly depressing thriller or story or whatever.. involving only MOBS & COPS.
Beautiful Miss.Blandish is kidnapped for ransom and she undergoes terrible things in the hands of these vicious kidnappers.. especially slim grissom, one of the evil guys.

Dave Fenner the private investigator investigates the case and succeeds.... but finally, everyone dies!

the language is utterly low-brow & cheap! just like the bad mobs use...!
Miss.Blandish's fate is so overwhelming that we feel sorry for her at the end.

MY LAUGH COMES LAST - jamed hadley chase

Chase is of course a mastermind! his books are small, yet awesome. And this is one of his books, one shouldn't miss!
MY LAUGH COMES LAST is fast paced, intriguing and its climaX just leaves us speechless.

Larry Lucas, the main character is an electronic engineer who helps build the world's safest bank for Mr.Farrel Brannigan, the president of national californian banks & also Larry's mentor.

he then meets beautiful Glenda and falls in luv with her after which, a vicious gang of four people pin up a murder on him & blackmail Larry to help them rob the bank. they gang kidnaps glenda and holds her fugitive. . and now Larry has no choice . .

but the uneXpected turn of events and revelation of each person's character and everything else contained in this little book makes it a gr8 reading eperience :)

STRANGERS IN THE MIRROR-- BY SIDNEY SHELDON

Its a page turner ! of course, all sidney sheldon books r page turners . . . but this one's got a shocking narration. each character is depicted so intensely that i'm unable to decide what exactly i feel for each of them . .

Toby temple, the hero ..is a lovable character who struggles hard, and ultimately reaches his stardom ! its true that if we dont lose faith & keep trying with definite goals n ambitions, we'll definitely be a huge success ! and i must say, i really luvd this guy. . i mean this charater !

Josephine czinski/Jill castle also struggles very hard, but she's selfish & does some really bad deeds . she does not appreciate nor understand toby's luv for her . she uses him to avenge people who had unknowimgly taunted her in the past . she's malicious n cunning !
but then, we cant blame her fully . . coz she'd had a bad childhood n had been deprived of several things in life. . !
she loves david kenyon, the brother of her childhood friend . . and as true love always comes back, david does come back . . but ultimately, her bad deeds pay & she cant have the life she imagined. .