JAMES HADLEY CHASE

Never Trust A Woman / In A Vain Shadow

  

   "Bodyguard required. Ex-commando preferred. Good Prospects and pay for the right man" - so went the advertisement, for which out-of-job Frank Mitchell applied for. And Frank had all the right qualifications. The body that needed guarding was Sarek, a blackmarket dealer in smuggled diamonds, who had a secretary, Emmie, who was as sexless as an octopus. Sarek also had a sulky wife, Rita, who had a shady past. Rita had been waiting  long for a foolproof plan to rid herself of her husband, when Mitchell walked in her life... The trouble was, although Sarek genuinely liked Mitchell, he trusted his sexless secretary, Emmie, even more....