Peter Cheyney

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Peter Cheyney (actually Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney , born February 22, 1896 in London , † June 26, 1951 in London) was a British author of hardboiled novels , a crime genre.

Cheney worked as a clerk before World War I and in the Labor Corps Record Office during the war, and unsuccessfully published his first works, two volumes of poetry . It was only after the publication of his first crime novel in 1936 that he gained popularity and financial success. In the course of his further financially very successful career, he created characters such as the FBI agent Lemmy Caution (often filmed, also cast by Jean-Luc Godard in Lemmy Caution against Alpha 60 in 1965 ) and Slim Callaghan .

Works (selection)

Lemmy Caution series
  • This Man is Dangerous, 1936
  • Poison Ivy, 1937
  • Dames Don't Care, 1937
  • Can Ladies Kill ?, 1938
  • Don't Get Me Wrong, 1939
  • You'd Be Surprised, 1940
  • Your Deal, My Lovely, 1941
  • Never a Dull Moment, 1942
  • You Can Always Duck, 1942
  • I'll Say She Does, 1945
Slim Callaghan range
  • The Urgent Hangman, 1938
  • Dangerous Curves (US title: Callaghan), 1939
  • You Can't Keep the Change, 1940
  • It Couldn't Matter Less (also: Set-Up for Murder), 1941
  • Sorry You've Been Troubled (US title: Farewell to the Admiral), 1942
  • They Never Say When, 1944
  • Uneasy Terms, 1946

Film adaptations

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personal data
SURNAME Cheyney, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheyney, Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British crime novel writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1951
Place of death London