For half a century of writing, the British detective author Rene Brabazon Raymond (1906-1985) published about ninety crime novels and changed several creative aliases. The most famous of them is James Hadley chase. "I, like a Bloodhound, take the trail and smell what the reader wants. And what he will buy" - so the master explained the success of his novels, willingly revealing a gold-bearing secret: readers are attracted to "action and rhythm". The collection includes the novels "a Moment's weakness" (1964) and "house of Cards" (1965), related to the "Paradise city"cycle. What is the reason for the strange madness of Chris Barnett, brought by his wife on vacation in the best hotel in Paradise city? Who is hiding behind the mask of the banker's daughter Mel Devon? Is the respectable facade of a rich and influential family able to reliably hide any, the darkest secrets?