Peter Cheyney was a British writer best known for his authorship of hard-boiled detective fiction featuring the fictitious Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan. A police reporter and crime investigator by trade, Cheyney penned his first detective story on a bet. Novels like This Man is Dangerous, The Urgent Hangman, and Dames Don' t Care followed, and allowed Cheyney to pursue writing full-time. During his lifetime, Cheyney sold more than one million copies of his books, making him one of the most popular writers of his era. Cheyney died in 1951.
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In the shadowy corners of post-war Europe, Nicholas Gale thrives in the murky interplay of love and deceit. With the grit of London’s streets and the glamour of high society as his playground, Gale navigates a world where romance is a game of high stake... SEE MORE