*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies & Sleaze category and the thrillers of English author Peter Cheyney, who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney’s works can be divided into three main series: Lemmy Caution, ersatz American detective mysteries, Slim Callaghan, a British detective based in London, and the Dark series, espionage fiction, with a more realistic approach to casual brutality and general grubbiness, these seem to have foreshadowed much of the Cold War fiction of the mid to late 1960s. All three series will be featured in our Cheyney listings, where our stock is extensive enough to split into two parts. Some of this update’s books are featured here; full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY PETER CHEYNEY ALL SOLD
DAMES DON’T CARE Great Pan 1960 UK PB VG £5 A Lemmy Caution Adventure
DANGEROUS CURVES Fontana 1957 UK PB GD £6 A Slim Callaghan Adventure
DARK BAHAMA Pan 1956 UK PB GD/VG £4 Dark series
DARK DUET Great Pan 1958 UK PB VG £6 Dark Series
DARK STREET MURDERS Avon 1950s 1st US PB VG £5 Dark Series
DARK WANTON Great Pan 1959 UK PB VG £4 Dark Series
DON’T GET ME WRONG Fontana 1957 UK PB GD £3 A Lemmy Caution Adventure