The Whiff of Money

The Whiff of Moneyis a 1969thrillernovel by British writerJames Hadley Chase.The book features his character Mark Girland.

Cover of the first edition, published byRobert Hale.

Plot summary

This book follows Mark Girland's next adventure afterHave This One on Me.John Dorey asks Mark Girland to fetch ablue movietape fromPariswithout telling him who the girl in the tape is.Girland, while working out his plan finds out, to his utter surprise, that the girl features in the tape is the daughter of Sherman, a man who is running for the presidential election in the United States. His daughter, Gilly threatens to expose the tapes to ruin her father's chances of becoming thepresident of the United States.Her act is an instance of retaliation because her father and mother had never taken care of her in her childhood and she had had to do without the parental love and affection.

The book follows Girland as he finds his way through the underground pornographic industry of Paris to rescue the girl and the tape for $20,000. He finds the girl but there is a business mogul who has invested a lot of money on Sherman's presidential campaign for not wholly honest reasons. He plans to kill the girl and Girland in his mansion.

Girland again meets Malik, who is a secret agent of theSovietsand who is also after the tape. The book follows Girland as he tries to rescue Gilly and the tape which could prove dangerous to a lot of people.

External links

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