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 ninth volume of the Collected Works includes three novels: “I wish I had stayed poor” - about a robbery bank by its manager, “Profitable Business” - about a crime to save a loved one and “Deliver me from her” - a story about a large businessman who was blackmailed: “I would rather stay poor” (“I Rather Stay Poor”, 1962); “Profitable business" ("Have a Nice Night", 1982) (Paradise City, Frank Terrell, Tom Lepski); "Get rid of her" ("Not My Thing", 1983) (Paradise City, Frank Terrell, Tom Lepski) .Translation: N. Krasnobolodsky