Who murdered Lucille Balu, a rising young film star, found strangled in a hotel elevator? Set against the background of the fabulous Cote d' Azur and Cannes Film Festival, James Hadley Chase's thriller tells the story of a young degenerate with an inner compulsion to kill. Written with the speed, force and economy of style we have come to expect from the man who has been described as "the most remarkable among British and American thriller writers", this tense novel throws a noose round the reader which will not be shaken off until long after the last page has been turned.

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