JAMES HADLEY CHASE

Shock Treatment

             
      Terry Regan specialises in building custom built Hi-Fi and TV units in Glyn Camp. He is a bachelor and lonely. So when he gets an order for a really special set from Delaney, a rich cripple, he jumps at the offer - not because of the money, but because he is infatuated with Delaney's young wife, Gilda. The two of them soon start an affair, but Delaney must die (so Terry reasons), if  Gilda has to be freed from her tyrannical husband. With his knowledge of electronics, Terry designs a remote control, which will give Delaney a fatal  shock. The plan is fool proof and Delaney has no chance of survival. Only when an insurance claim is made that Terry comes to know about Glenda, who has been involved in an insurance fraud   before....