Bøker av Peter Cheyney

Oklahoma Police Headquarters calling all cruisers, all Highway Police.Look out for Lemmy Caution who has today broken jail at Oklahoma City, after killing a guard and Deputy Sheriff.Last seen proceeding in the direction of the State line near Tahlequah. Is probably proceeding to Joplin. Be careful. This man is dangerous!He is driving a dark green Ford V. 8 Sedan, with the near side driving window broken. The car is carrying Missouri State plates but these will probably be changed. Caution is armed. He is a killer.Caution was serving a twenty years' sentence for the shooting of an Oklahoma State policeman last year.Oklahoma Police Headquarters calling all police cruisers, all Highway Police.Look out for this man. Warn garages between Tulsa and Tahlequah that he will probably need gas.Go get him boys! Go get him boys! * * * A thriller with Peter Cheyney's popular detective Lemmy Caution.This is the first in a series of ten novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. A bestseller that enabled Cheyney to become a full-time novelist.

The story of the grim finale to a dream of love.Private investigator Caryl O'Hara's reputation, precedes him. Fresh off a challenging divorce investigation, Lenore Ivory, a desperate woman seeking justice, walks through the door of his office.Lenore was once married to a conniving scoundrel who preys on wealthy women for financial gain. Having divorced him, her former husband has eyes for her dear friend, the wealthy Esmeralda.Fearing for Esmeralda's safety, Lenore implores O'Hara to confront the vile slimeball and issue a stern warning. Reluctantly, O'Hara refuses to take on the case.Little does he know that Esmeralda's life is spiralling out of control. Struggling with a crippling heroin addiction, she finds herself penniless and on the brink of self-destruction. When her husband is found murdered, all signs point to Esmeralda as the prime suspect. O'Hara's instincts kick into high gear as he realizes he can't stay on the sidelines any longer. * * * During the short period of fifteen years, Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales that run into millions of copies. Cheyney's stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive, and the amusing - just true to life as Cheyney knew it. You will find plenty of strong meat, well spiced with humour in good measure. Detectives, gamesters, thieves, and hard-living beauties make a glorious story of excitement, humour, suspense, crossing and double-crossing.

A boudoir mystery of detection, action ... and amour.Johnny Vallon exchanges the dangers of total war for the equally hazardous challenges of Chennault's Investigations. And in the heart of London, 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.* * * During the short period of fifteen years Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales which run into millions of copies. Cheyney's stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive and the amusing - just true to life as Cheyney knew it. You will find plenty of strong meat, well spiced with humour in good measure. Detectives, gamesters, thieves, and hard-living beauties makes a glorious story of excitement, humour, suspense, crossing and double-crossing.

The lady of the night - was dead before morning.Michael Kells is a British secret agent waiting for his next assignment in France and when he comes across a beautiful woman - almost too beautiful to be true - who seems extraordinarily interested in him. This launch Kells on an intoxicating trail of intrigue, murder, and deadly romance through the bistros and boudoirs of the world's worst underground!* * * During the short period of fifteen years Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales which run into millions of copies. Cheyney's stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive and the amusing - just true to life as Cheyney knew it. You will find plenty of strong meat, well spiced with humour in good measure. Detectives, gamesters, thieves, and hard-living beauties makes a glorious story of excitement, humour, suspense, crossing and double-crossing.

A thriller, first published in 1948

A thriller, first published in 1946

A thriller, first published in 1953

A thriller, first published in 1942

A thriller, first published in 1938

A thriller, first published in 1942

A thriller, first published in 1939

A thriller, first published in 1938

A thriller, first published in 1936

A thriller, first published in 1937

A thriller, first published in 1937.

Lemmy Caution investigates a counterfeiting case and a suspicious suicide. Are the two cases connected? Before the action is over, he'll travel from New York to the desert outside Palm Springs- encountering beautiful dames-and more than a few desperate men...who aren't afraid to kill!

Mario Zona, owner of the Silver Ring night club, was frightened. He thought he was going to be killed, so he called Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator. Meralda Grey, the beautiful night club singer; her fiancé Michel Lorimer; Zona's secretary Wolfe Lanel and the pretty cigarette girl Geraldine are all involved in this vintage Peter Cheyney story of murder in London's West End. * * * During the short period of fifteen years Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales which run into millions of copies. Cheyney's stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive and the amusing – just true to life as Cheyney knew it. You will find plenty of strong meat, well spiced with humour in good measure. Detectives, gamesters, thieves, and hard-living beauties makes a glorious story of excitement, humour, suspense, crossing and double-crossing.

Callaghan awoke and looked at the ceiling. His lips were dry and his tongue felt like a yellow plush sofa. Outside he could hear the rain pattering on the windows. He looked at his wrist-watch. It was eight o'clock.Vivacious Mrs. Riverton has hired Slim to find her missing stepson, whom she admits she hates.A dame has to have more than beauty and breeding to stop Slim Callaghan doing things his way. Mrs. Riverton has plenty of both, but when she begins to interfere in Slim's search, things start to hot up.Slim's motto is: 'We get there somehow and who the hell cares'. The problem is that someone does . . .'Dangerous Curves was originally published in 1939.'Peter Cheyney is the Damon Runyon of crime' The Times'Slim Callaghan's quick wit and knowledge of rough and tumble place him in the top ranks of private eyes. What a man!' New York Times