Sniper

Over half a century of writing, British detective author René Brabazon Raymond (1906–1985) published around ninety crime novels and used several pen names. The most renowned of these was James Hadley Chase. “Like a bloodhound, I pick up the scent and know 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 novels published in 1970: “Hippies on the Road!” and “Sniper.” What could be more tempting for a former paratrooper returning home after three years in the deadly jungles of Vietnam than to spend the summer in a paradise resort town: to earn some money, bask in the sun, and relax a bit? At least, Sergeant Harry Mitchell thought so. But only until, having settled in Paradise City, he found himself caught up in a deadly entanglement... The dream of former army shooting instructor Jay Benson and his wife Lucy to establish a shooting school seems ready to collapse: there is categorically not enough money to maintain the business. And the dubious offer from Augusto Savanto, the head of a vast corporation, seemingly promises a solution to this problem: Jay will receive $50,000 if he turns his son into an experienced shooter in nine days…