'I almost always enjoy reading a James Hadley Chase novel, but
I do not like this one. Not that the work is not exciting in its own way; but I
am dissatisfied with the way it unravels and ends. I hate it when the baddies
win, no matter how rich and powerful they are, and the ruthless baddies take it
all here. Mrs Harriet and Durrant, evil people. They use and dispose of the
likes of Charles Duvine, Larry Edwards, Loretta, and Jerry Stevens, the hapless
(first person) narrator of this story. And quite a number of loose ends are not
tied up - relating to many of the characters; eg is Mazzo really a killer, and
is he also impotent? The work seems to be a celebration of the forces of
darkness - pardon my being grouchy!'
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