JAMES HADLEY CHASE

The Whiff Of Money

      Debonair Mark Girland was very tough, astute and as cynical as they come. An ex-CIA agent living in Paris, he'd just about do anything if the price was right. So when he is offered a hefty price in cash for an unofficial job, he doesn't have much difficulty in making up his mind. Especially as the job is to find three x-rated movies showing the daughter of the possible future President of the US, in erotic abandon, and also to locate the wayward girl herself. Trouble was, there were some other people who also want the films and the girl. People like Soviet agent Malik, who is very ruthless, very brutal and very determined. There is also one-eyed professional killer, Lu Silk, hired by the sinister international wheeler-dealer, Herman Radnitz ....  and Girland has encountered all of them before. Sooner or later, Malik has to take sides...  but whom will he side with? CIA agent, Girland, whom he has sworn to kill or Lu Silk, with whom he has never had any dealings before??