Лучше бы я остался бедным

Za polveka pisatelʹskoĭ dei͡atelʹnosti britanskiĭ avtor detektivov Rene Brabazon Reĭmond (1906-1985) opublikoval okolo devi͡anosta kriminalʹnykh romanov i smenil neskolʹko tvorcheskikh psevdonimov. Samyĭ proslavlennyĭ iz nikh - Dzheĭms Khėdli Cheĭz. "I͡A, kak ishcheĭka, beru sled i chui͡u, chego khochet chitatelʹ. I chto on kupit" - tak mėtr obʺi͡asni͡al uspekh svoikh romanov, okhotno raskryvai͡a zolotonosnyĭ sekret: chitateleĭ privlekai͡ut "deĭstvie i ritm". V XX veke ne ostalosʹ mesta nespeshnym staromodnym istorii͡am, v kotorykh ėkst͡sentrichnyĭ syshchik rassleduet zagadochnoe ubiĭstvo aristokrata v dekorat͡sii͡akh ui͡utnogo zagorodnogo osobni͡aka; po zakonam novogo vremeni detektiv puskaet v khod revolʹver edva li ne chashche, chem dedukt͡sii͡u. V nastoi͡ashchiĭ sbornik voshli romany 1950-1960-kh godov, demonstrirui͡ushchie raznye grani tvorchestva pisateli͡a: "Mėllori" i "Vesna v Parizhe" - istorii o prikli͡uchenii͡akh Martina Korridona v zhanre krutogo detektiva, a takzhe vneseriĭnye romany v zhanre nuar "Eshche odin prostofili͡a", po motivam kotorogo v 1998 godu byl sni͡at filʹm "Palʹmetto", i "Luchshe by i͡a ostalsi͡a bednym". Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Over half a century of writing, British detective author Rene Brabazon Raymond (1906-1985) published about ninety crime novels and changed several creative pseudonyms. The most famous of them is James Hadley Chase. "Like a bloodhound, I pick up the trail and sense what the reader wants. And what will he buy" — this is how the master explained the success of his novels, willingly revealing the golden secret: readers are attracted to "action and rhythm". In the 20th century, there was no place for unhurried old-fashioned stories in which an eccentric detective investigates the mysterious murder of an aristocrat in the scenery of a cozy country mansion; according to the laws of modern times, a detective uses a revolver almost more often than deduction. This collection includes novels from the 1950s and 1960s, demonstrating different facets of the writer's work: "Mallory" and "Spring in Paris" - stories about the adventures of Martin Corridon in the genre of a cool detective, as well as off—series novels in the genre of noir "Another sucker", based on which the film "Palmetto" was shot in 1998.", and "I wish I'd stayed poor." Read more…