# Like a Hole in the Head

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- Book: [Like a Hole in the Head](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-hadley-chase/like-a-hole-in-the-head) ([Like a Hole in the Head.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-hadley-chase/like-a-hole-in-the-head.md))
- Authors: [James Hadley Chase](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-hadley-chase)
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-371-7
- Published: 2014-04-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Jay Benson had been one of the US Army's top snipers. In Vietnam he'd killed 82 Vietcong. But making the School of Shooting he'd taken over outside Paradise City pay was a tougher proposition than the Vietnamese jungle. So when the sinister Augusto Savanto turns up with an offer of $50,000 if Jay turns his gun-shy son into an expert shot - in just nine days - he accepts. Then he discovers the horrific reason why Savanto wants his son made into a marksman. But by now there is no backing out for Jay ...