JAMES HADLEY CHASE

The Wary Transgressor

     David Chisholm, an impoverished American, with a shady past,  works as an unofficial tourist guide in Milan, Italy. He comes across gorgeous fellow American, Laura, married to a cripple, Bruno Fancino. David is soon infatuated with Laura, who offers him a job of a male nurse to her husband. David agrees, and comes in contact with Bruno, who is crippled but expressive and affectionate, and the two of them get along just fine. But David comes across evidence of a mysterious cigar smoker, who could possibly be the lover of Laura. Actually Laura wants David to murder Bruno, which David refuses, since by now, he has met Bruno's vivacious daughter, Valeria. In desperation, David decides to murder Laura, who has planned to have Valeria murdered, so she can be the sole beneficiary of Bruno's millions....