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Raymond Marshall
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René Lodge Brabazon Raymond was born on 24th December 1906 in London, England, the son of Colonel Francis Raymond of the colonial Indian Army, a veterinary surgeon. His father intended his son to have a scientific career, was initially educated at King's School, Rochester, Kent. He left home at the age of 18 and became at different times a children's encyclopedia salesman, a salesman in a bookshop, and executive for a book wholesaler before turning to a writing career that produced more than 90 mystery books.
In 1932, Raymond married Sylvia Ray, who gave him a son. They were together until his death fifty three years later. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force, achieving the rank of Squadron Leader. Chase edited the RAF Journal with David Langdon and had several stories from it published after the war in the book Slipstream: A Royal Air Force Anthology. Raymond moved to France in 1956 and then to Switzerland in 1969, living a secluded life in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, on Lake Geneva, from 1974. He eventually died there peacefully on 6 February 1985.
Book List in Order: 13 titles
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Lady - Here's Your Wreath
- 1940
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When journalist Nick Mason got a hot tip to investigate the frame-up of a man being executed for murder, he didn't know what he was in for. At the gas chamber, it was Vessi's last words that gave Mason the clue to a peculiar cover up at the respectab...
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Just the Way It Is // Blonde's Requiem
- 1944
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Two 1940s crime classics from the author of No Orchids for Miss Blandish. “Crime, Money, Deception, Blonde. All the essential ingredients of a thriller are in place, along with twists and surprises.” -- GoodReads....
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Make the Corpse Walk // No Business of Mine
- 1947
- / Mystery
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NO BUSINESS OF MINEAmerican foreign correspondent Steve Harmas returns to post-WWII London to visit his old flame, Netta Scott, but quickly learns that Netta has just committed suicide. Harmas is so sure that Netta couldn’t possibly have killed her...
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The Paw in the Bottle
- 1949
- / General Fiction
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Greed and lust led lovely Julie Holland down the dark road to murder. Being in love with a cheap crook promised to be exciting, but she found he already had a jealous mistress. He also had a friend called Theo, who specialized in disfiguring beautifu...
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Why Pick on Me?
- 1951
- / General Fiction
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The dice were loaded against... but survival could be bought-for a price....
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Mission to Venice
- 1954
- / Suspense
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Don Micklem, a millionaire American playboy, tells his secretary that he is looking forward to “four lazy weeks in Venice.” He has just finished to hectic months of work and plans to take time off, but he’ll soon find out that sudden death lurk...
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Mission to Siena
- 1955
- / Suspense
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For years the worldwide operations of a mysterious and ruthless extortioner who calls himself the Tortoise have baffled Scotland Yard and the police forces of Europe. But the Tortoise makes a mistake when he interferes with wealthy American playboy D...
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Hit and Run
- 1958
- / Suspense
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Lucille Aitkin was the kind of woman who encouraged men to run around after her and most men were more than happy to do so - so why did she suddenly want to learn to drive rather than being chauffer-driven in style? And why was Chester Scott's Cadill...