A virtuoso of a dashingly twisted plot, the English writer James Hadley Chase remains to this day an unsurpassed master of the “hard-boiled detective story,” whose works enjoy constant success among readers all over the world. This edition presents one of his most exciting novels, To Catch a Tiger by the Tail (1954). Like many of Chase's works, the novel takes place in a small American town. The life of bank employee Ken Holland is full of quiet family joys and prosperity: a beloved wife, a beautiful home, an excellent job. And could he imagine that everything would collapse overnight? One pleasant evening in the company of a pretty girl - and now Ken finds himself in a whirlpool of unthinkable events, becoming the main defendant in a bloody murder case - both the police and bandits are chasing him...