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Za polveka pisatel'skoj deyatel'nosti britanskij avtor detektivov Rene Brabazon Rejmond (1906–1985) opublikoval okolo devyanosta kriminal'nyh romanov i smenil neskol'ko tvorcheskih psevdonimov. Samyj proslavlennyj iz nih — Dzhejms Hedli Chejz. «Ya, kak ishchejka, beru sled i chuyu, chego hochet chitatel'. I chto on kupit» — tak metr ob'yasnyal uspekh svoih romanov, ohotno raskryvaya zolotonosnyj sekret: chitatelej privlekayut «dejstvie i ritm». Dzhuli Holland bylo dvadcat' dva goda, i dvadcat' iz nih proshli v krajnej nishchete, izryadno smyagchivshej ee predstavleniya o morali. I kogda predstavilsya shans sygrat' glavnuyu rol' v krazhe mekhov, ona ohotno uhvatilas' za nego, ne vedaya, kakoj cenoj budet oplacheno ee zhelanie imet' krasivuyu shubku…