# I Would Rather Stay Poor

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- Authors: [James Hadley Chase](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-hadley-chase)
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-347-2
- Published: 2014-04-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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 ...