Miss Shumway Waves a Wand

JAMES HADLEY CHASE has a reputation second to none for giving his readers one hundred per cent escapism. The worst his critics can say of his books is ‘I couldn’t put the wretched thing down.’

His first novel, “No Orchids for Miss Blandish,” rocketed to a sale of half a million copies and is the most talked of book of the last ten years. “Miss Shumway Waves a Wand” is, we predict, a worthy successor to it. It is a crazy tale, packed with sparkling dialogue and non-stop action. It has speed, punch, and something new from Hadley Chase. It has a lot of laughter.

The book can best be described in Hadley Chase’s own words: “Before this war, I gave my readers the unadulterated brutality of the American underworld. To-day, we have all the brutality in the world at our doorsteps. Laughter is more precious than gold. Here’s my new novel. It’s crazy, but I’ve had a lot of fun writing it. I hope you will all have as much fun reading it.”

We think you will. “Miss Shumway Waves a Wand” is different. It is the first thriller-laughter-tough book to be published.