Flesh Of The Orchid

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982633908
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flesh of the Orchid written by James Hadley Chase and published by . This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Hadley Chase (Rene Brabazon Raymond) was born in London in 1906 and started his career as a bookseller. With the aid of a dictionary of American slang and reference books on the American underworld he wrote his first novel, NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH, over six weekends. The book achieved remarkable popularity and became one of the best-sold books of the decade. FLESH OF THE ORCHID is a wild, thrill-ride of a sequel to NO ORCHIDS. Taking up the story 22 years later, the central figure is once again a Blandish girl, but Carol Blandish is not the helpless victim that her mother was. Indeed, she is a volatile blend of simmering sexuality, strained innocence and hair-trigger cruelty. Her explosive outbursts of savage violence make her a force to be reckoned with. Escaping from a mental institute during a raging storm, and definitely off her meds, Carol Blandish is soon pursued by a seedy cast of characters who all want a piece of the Blandish fortune. The novel bristles with crazy plot twists, edge-of-the-seat suspense and intriguing low-life's who mix it up for an immensely enjoyable read.

Author : James Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781507614181
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flesh of the Orchid written by James Chase and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Hadley Chase scores again with a sensational sequel to the unforgettable No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Carol Blandish was the daughter of Miss Blandish and a maniac killer. She was beautiful. She was the heir to six million dollars. And she was a prisoner in a mental home. All she had to do to inherit the money was escape, and stay out for fourteen days.... But a whole lot of other people were after the Blandish fortune-and that meant they were after Carol : once outside the mental home, she found herself mixed up in a deadly hide-and-seek of violence and sudden death... There was Roy Larson, who couldn't keep his hands off that beautiful body : and there were the Sullivans, professional killers who'd rather have their hands on the money... For those who wish to be riveted to their chairs, the petty worries and troubles of daily life forgotten, The Flesh of the Orchid is a must. - STAR (London)

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher : Murder Room
ISBN 13 : 1471903265
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Orchids for Miss Blandish written by James Hadley Chase and published by Murder Room. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dave Fenner is hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he knows the odds on finding the girl are against him - the cops are still looking for her three months after the ransom was paid. And the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, have disappeared into thin air. But what none of them knows is that Riley himself has been wiped out by a rival gang - and the heiress is now in the hands of Ma Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who can't stay away from women, especially his beautiful new captive. By the time Fenner begins to close in on them, some terrible things have happened to Miss Blandish ...

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flesh of the Orchid written by James Hadley Chase and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788184681871
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flesh of the Orchid written by James Hadley Chase and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Kellerman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345463706
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flesh and Blood written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jonathan Kellerman's Victims. Perennial bestseller and acknowledged master of the psychological thriller, Jonathan Kellerman has created a riveting and memorable Alex Delaware novel about a troubled and elusive young woman whose brutal murder forces the brilliant psychologist-detective to confront his own fallibility. Lauren Teague is a beautiful, defiant, borderline-delinquent teenager when her parents bring her to Alex Delaware's office. But for all Alex's skill and effort, Lauren resists—angrily, provocatively. Reluctantly, the psychologist chalks Lauren up as one of the inevitable failures of a challenging profession. But years later, when Alex encounters Lauren as a stag party's featured entertainment, both doctor and patient are sticken with shame. And the ultimate horror takes place when, soon after, Lauren's brutalized corpse is found dumped in an alley. Alex disregards the advice of his trusted friend, LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, and jeopardizes his relationship with longtime lover, Robin Castagna, in order to pursue Lauren's murderer. As he investigates his young patient's troubled past, Alex enters the shadowy worlds of fringe psychological experimentation and the sex industry, and then into mortal danger when lust and big money collide in Southern California. Jonathan Kellerman's L.A. is evil, seductive, and unforgiving, and Flesh and Blood is mind-opening in its drama of a driven man's personal quest, breathtaking in its ingenious plot, filled with unforgettable characters, and topped off by a terrifying climax. This is suspense fiction at its finest.

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher : Harlequin Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Orchids for Miss Blandish written by James Hadley Chase and published by Harlequin Books. This book was released on 1951 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Endersby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022642703X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orchid written by Jim Endersby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prize-winning history of the orchid: “an engaging and enlightening account of one of the Earth's most mythologized botanical wonders” (Richard Conniff, author of House of Lost Worlds). At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have had varying forms of significance in countless cultures over time. Following the orchid’s journey from Ancient Greek medicine to twentieth century detective novels, science historian Jim Endersby explores the flower’s four recurring themes: science, empire, sex, and death. Orchids were a symbol of the exotic riches sought by 19th century Europeans in their plans for colonization. They became subjects of scientific scrutiny for Charles Darwin, who investigated their methods of cross-pollination. As Endersby shows, orchids—perhaps because of their extraordinarily diverse colors, shapes, and sizes—have also bloomed repeatedly in films, novels, plays, and poems, from Shakespeare to science fiction. Featuring many gorgeous illustrations from the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Orchid: A Cultural History was awarded the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize by the History of Science Society. It is an enchanting tale not only for gardeners and plant collectors, but anyone curious about the flower’s obsessive hold on the imagination in history, cinema, literature, and more.

Author : Albert Millican
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter written by Albert Millican and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Retha Edens-Meier
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226044912
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Orchids written by Retha Edens-Meier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quorum of scientists offer reviews and results to celebrate the 150th anniversary of 'On The Various Contrivances By Which British And Foreign Orchids Are Fertilised By Insects, And On The Good Effects Of Intercrossing' (1862). Authors of the first ten chapters follow research on the pollination and breeding systems of the same orchid lineages that interested Darwin, including temperate and tropical species. Authors on the last two chapters provide information on the floral attractants and flowering systems of orchids using protocols and technologies unavailable during Darwin's lifetime.