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Peter Cheyney

Born

in London, The United Kingdom

February 22, 1896

Died

June 26, 1951

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

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Born Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney, he trained as a lawyer before getting tired of legal office work and joining the Army. He fought at the second Battle of the Somme in World War I and was wounded but when he returned to England he wrote songs, poems and short stories for various newspapers and magazines and used many pseudonyms.

He also turned his hand to journalism, was a newspaper editor and also owned a detective agency, Cheyney Research Investigations.

His first published novel was This Man Is Dangerous and this began his prolific novel writing career. Thereafter he averaged two mystery novels a year with his best known characters being Slim Callaghan and Lemmy Caution and he became one of the best known and most successful of ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 1,165 ratings · 184 reviews · 162 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dames Don't Care (Lemmy Caution #3) 3.65 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1937 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Este homem é perigoso by Peter Cheyney, L. de Almeida Campos (Translator) 3.28 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1936 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Urgent Hangman (Slim Callaghan #1) 3.40 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1938 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Duet (Dark #1) 3.92 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1942	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Curves 3.67 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1939 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poison Ivy 3.48 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1937	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Get Me Wrong 2.96 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1939 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Little Drink really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1940	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uneasy Terms 3.28 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1946 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'll Say She Does! 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1945 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Lemmy Caution (10 books)
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3.42 avg rating — 416 ratings

Slim Callaghan (8 books)
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3.49 avg rating — 242 ratings

Dark (8 books)
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3.60 avg rating — 213 ratings

Salamasarja (1 book)
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3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings

Quotes by Peter Cheyney (?)

“Anytime I fall for a dame like you I hope that somebody will take me outside an' cut my head off quick because I would rather be tied up to a coupla wild alligators than get myself hitched on to you.”
― Peter Cheyney, Your Deal, My Lovely

tags: hard-boiled

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“In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred you'll find a babe at the root of any trouble - whatever it may be. The character who said "Cherchez la femme" only knew half his stuff. Because usually you don't have to look for them. In any spot of real grief they're usually sticking out a foot.”
― Peter Cheyney, Dance Without Music

tags: cherchez-la-femme, women

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