James Hadley Chase (real name Rene Brabazon Raymond) is the author of more than eighty detective novels. J. H. Chase is a master of the “open” detective story, in which the reader is not confronted with the fact of committing a crime, but step by step participates in its preparation. The sixth volume includes the novels “Rookie Strike” - about a triple murder committed because of 30 million dollars; "Barrett's Rats" - about the investigation of the kidnapping of a young girl and "Requiem for Blondes", telling about the mysterious murders of blondes in a provincial town: "The Sucker Punch" (1954); "Barrett's Rats" ("Figure It Out for Yourself") ", also "The Marijuana Mob", 1950) (Vic Malloy - 2); "Blonde's Requiem", 1945). Translation: N. Krasnobolodsky