The Guilty Always Fears

During half a century of writing, British detective author Rene Brabazon Raymond (1906–1985) published about ninety crime novels and used several pseudonyms. The most famous of them is James Hadley Chase. “I, like a tracker, take the trail and sense... what the reader wants. And what he will buy” — this is how the master explained the success of his novels, readily revealing the golden secret: readers are attracted by “action and rhythm.” The collection includes the novels “The Paw in the Bottle” (1949), “Find Him, and I’ll Handle It” (1956), “The Guilty Always Fears” (1957). Julie Holland was twenty-two years old, and twenty of those years were spent in extreme poverty, significantly shaking her views on morality. Therefore, when the girl had the chance to play the lead role in a fur theft, she eagerly seized it, not knowing at what cost her desire to have a beautiful fur coat would be paid... Ed Dawson should have thought twice before starting an affair with his boss’s daughter, but for a girl like Helen Chalmers, it’s hard to say no to anything. However, much more was at stake than a promotion... Private detective Lou Brandon, who stepped off the train hoping for an uncomplicated and profitable investigation against the backdrop of the idyllic landscapes of the resort paradise of San Rafael, suddenly finds himself forced to confront the ruthless tycoons who have seized power in the city...