This James Hadley Chase book is similar to every other James Hadley Chase book you must have read. A male protagonist who is huge, smokes, drinks and keeps falling in love with every other woman he sees. Nothing new there. The unwillingly done murder, blackmail and not being able to touch the money for which he has gone through a lot of pain is the backdrop of every James Hadley Chase book. Nothing new there as well.The only beauty is in the pace of the story and the ugliness of all the characters especially Della.