JAMES HADLEY CHASE

Hit Them Where It Hurts

     Dirk Wallace of Parnell Detective Agency (See Hand Me A Fig Leaf) is handed a simple assignment - find out who is blackmailing Angela, rich Mrs. Thorsen's high-strung daughter. Before long, Wallace realises that he is up against some very organised crime, involving drugs, extortion, blackmail and the mafia. When Wallace's fiancée, Suzy, is murdered as a warning to Dirk , there is only one thing to do. Wallace and his assistant quit the Agency and go to it alone.  There is a score to be settled. And Dirk Wallace doesn't want to have to play by the rules.......