James Hadley Chase's 1947 novel "It's Not My Business" was written. The war had just broken out, but its effects were still being felt everywhere. Europe was thirsty for joy and merriment, so everyone rushed to make up for lost time. One is to steal jewelry, such as the experienced thief Jacoby; others replenish alcohol on the black market and then sell it at a high price, like nightclub owner Jack Bradley; the girls were ready to do anything to get the dream pair of nylon stockings, which just then went on sale. Reporters in the pursuit of sensation and out of professional curiosity got involved in the investigation of the most complicated cases, which allegedly did not concern them…