I Would Rather Stay Poor
by James Hadley Chase
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Like most bank managers, Dave Calvin had acquired an irresistible charm that he could switch on whenever he felt the necessity. Underneath it he was cold, calculating, brutal - a perfect murderer. For years he had waited - watching an endless stream of money pass through his hands - knowing that a risk was only worth taking if the reward was justified. And a $300,000 payroll was justification enough - even for murder ...Tags
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"You can't talk me into this!" Kit said hysterically. "I'm not going to do it!..... I keep thinking of her studying her stupid books night after night while you are planning to murder her! I won't do it! I'd rather stay poor…."
But Dave Calvin had other ideas and as the new manager of the Pittsville bank nobody had better access to the weekly payroll of three hundred thousand dollars. Nobody that is except his assistant, Alice Craig -- a spinster with no parents, no relatives, nobody to care whether she lived or died. So if the bank was robbed and Alice suddenly disappeared she would become the obvious suspect. Dave Calvin knew just how to make her disappear -- but he needed the help of Kit Loring, and a woman who is an ex-alcoholic show more isn't the most reliable partner for murder... show less
But Dave Calvin had other ideas and as the new manager of the Pittsville bank nobody had better access to the weekly payroll of three hundred thousand dollars. Nobody that is except his assistant, Alice Craig -- a spinster with no parents, no relatives, nobody to care whether she lived or died. So if the bank was robbed and Alice suddenly disappeared she would become the obvious suspect. Dave Calvin knew just how to make her disappear -- but he needed the help of Kit Loring, and a woman who is an ex-alcoholic show more isn't the most reliable partner for murder... show less
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Ullstein Buch (992)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Lohngelder für Pittsville
- Original title
- I would rather stay poor
- Original publication date
- 1962
- People/Characters*
- Dave Calvin; Kit Loring
- Important places
- Pittsville
- First words*
- Ken Travers, Stellvertreter des Sheriffs von Pittsville, hockte, einen Kaugummi zwischen den Zähnen, in seinem altertümlichen Packard und dachte bedrückt daran, wie wenig Aussichten er hatte, im Beruf vorwärtszukommen.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Er blieb stehen, und als er sah, wie sich der Sheriff erhob, ging er schnell auf das Unterholz zu.
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