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Slim Callaghan #8
Calling Mr. Callaghan
A fast-moving story of detectives, gamesters, theives and hard-living beauties. A glorious pattern of excitement and suspense, of crossing and double-crossing.
Audio Cassette
First published January 1, 1932
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About the author
Peter Cheyney
123 books30 followersBorn 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 British crime novelists. His success also brought with it financial rewards and he was recognised as one of the richest authors of the time.
There have been many film versions of his works, which helped spread his popularity, particularly to the United States.
His life-style, one of hard-living, much like his characters, and hard work eventually took their toll and he died at age 55. He was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.
Michael Harrison published a biography in 1954 entitled Peter Cheyney Prince of Hokum and there have been a number of biographical essays over the years.
Gerry Wolstenholme
December 2010
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 British crime novelists. His success also brought with it financial rewards and he was recognised as one of the richest authors of the time.
There have been many film versions of his works, which helped spread his popularity, particularly to the United States.
His life-style, one of hard-living, much like his characters, and hard work eventually took their toll and he died at age 55. He was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery.
Michael Harrison published a biography in 1954 entitled Peter Cheyney Prince of Hokum and there have been a number of biographical essays over the years.
Gerry Wolstenholme
December 2010
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February 1, 2021
This wasn't an audio cassette. I went thru the painful process of reading it. 11 short stories, 3 of them slightly interesting, the rest flat. The best one turns on a presumption so preposterous it is unbelievable in its silliness. Callaghan is one of those omniscient, unflappable investigators. Nothing fazes him. This is because he never does anything other than blow smoke rings and talk. If he needs something done he tells his assistant Nikolls to do it. Nikolls can do anything, so long as it's offscreen. All his clients are beautiful women. If you like endless talk with no action you may like this.
August 23, 2024
There are better detective stories that have more action. Nothing to recommend it.
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