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  • Complete Works of Peter Cheyney. Illustrated

    Lemmy Caution Books, Slim Callaghan Books, Dark Novels, Short Fiction

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Peter Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution. Caution was first portrayed as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, and in later stories as a private detective.Another popular creation was the private detective Slim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. He was constructed as a British ... Read more

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  • You Can Call It A Day

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    VALLON came out of his bedroom; closed the door; stood for a moment in the corridor. The scent hit his nostrils— Narcisse Noir. Vallon, who had a nose for perfume, wondered when he had last smelt Narcisse Noir. He thought it might have been in Paris. He wasn't certain. He walked slowly down the curving staircase into the hotel lounge; stood at the bottom looking about him, watching the people.He ... Read more

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  • Calling Mr. Callaghan

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series Book 8 - Série Slim Callaghan
    WHEN Callaghan came into the office, Effie Thompson stopped typing. She said: "Good morning, Mr. Callaghan. There have been a few telephone calls, and your letters are on your desk."Callaghan said: "Right, Effie. Has Fallon or Craske been through?"She shook her head. Callaghan went into his office. She followed him with her notebook.She said: "You're expecting a call from Fallon or Craske? If ... Read more

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  • The Dark Street

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    THE yellow mist seeped into the Place des Roses; bringing an almost evil quality to the cul-de-sac; rising only a few feet from the ground; creating the impression that there were no foundations to the small, dirty dilapidated houses.At the end of the cul-de-sac a thin knife-edge of light showed under the door of the wine shop. Inside the shop, which was dimly lit by an oil lamp, Fours leant over ... Read more

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  • Another Little Drink

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Bellamy slid off the high stool, walked unsteadily to the window and stood swaying on his heels looking down at the snow, on Conduit Street. The bar-tender mixed himself a whisky and soda and began to polish the chromium counter. Bellamy turned, and leaned against the window, looking at the bar-tender.He was tall, slim and dark. He looked immaculate although his quiet grey suit was old. There were ... Read more

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  • The Man Nobody Saw

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Johnny Vallon, exchanges the dangers of total war for the equally hazardous challenges of Chennault’s Investigations. And in the heart of London, with dramatic suddenness, murder hits home—right in Chennault’s office.Chennault, himself, owner of the flourishing detective agency, is found slumped over his desk. Heart trouble is the official diagnosis... But Vallon knows better, and proves it... ... Read more

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  • Uneasy Terms

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    A thriller set in the South Downs, about the fate of the daughters of a rich woman whose Will endangers them all. ... Read more

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  • Ladies Won't Wait

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Michael Kells is a British secret agent hanging out in France and waiting for his next assignment when he comes across a beautiful woman—almost too beautiful to be true—who seems extraordinarily interested in him. When he finally has a chance to sidle up beside her, he’s a bit surprised when she works the current code phrase into her conversation. “Ladies won’t wait.” They arrange a less public ... Read more

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  • Dark Interlude

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    SHAUN ALOYSIUS O'MARA came round the shadow of the low wall that bounded the end of the little church. He stepped unsteadily over the wall; began to walk through the small graveyard towards the yew-tree grove.It was hot. The sun beat down pitilessly; there was no air. O'Mara stumbled over a low headstone, cursed horribly; saw over his shoulder the short figure of the curé; the dingy worn and shiny ... Read more

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  • Dark Wanton

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    LADIES and gentlemen, I present to you Vincente Maria Jesu Callao.The business of a personal introduction seems necessary because he was the spring— however unconscious— that set in movement the rather peculiar actions of most of the people concerned in the business of the Dark Wanton.A relatively uninteresting person, he becomes interesting, not for what he was, but rather for what he was not. ... Read more

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  • Dark Duet

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    THE office was a small, square room on a third floor near Golden Square. It was sombre and unassuming. The furniture was nondescript. A suggestion of efficiency was provided by a steel filing-cabinet.Outside, between this office and the corridor, was another even smaller room. In it MacMurray, a big, broad-shouldered, truculent-looking man, dozed over an evening paper. He wished Fenton would go ... Read more

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  • The Stars are Dark

    by Peter Cheyney ...
    Series series Dark
    A FILM director, seeking a ghostly scene for some macabre film, would have acclaimed the location of the Box of Compasses.It stood, set back fifty yards from the deserted cross-roads, one arm of which dwindled away past the wooded crest of the hill; turned itself into a footpath and disappeared amongst the scrub on the cliff top. One arm ran into the moorland; the other wound past the inn and ... Read more

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