A01=Peter Cheyney
Author_Peter Cheyney
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crime fiction
crime novel set in London
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French film
murder
mystery
secret agent
Sinister Murders
spy story
suspense
The Dark Series
The Murder Room
thriller
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9781471901799
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jan 2014
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Agent Michael Kells is in pursuit of Nazi spies in London, who have been tasked with the job of pinpointing the actual landing places of V1 bombs to improve their accuracy.
Through the strange byways of Kells's sinister errand flit the mysterious 'Auntie', the alluring Janine, the beautiful Mrs Vaile and the delightful and unfortunate Alison Fredericks.
'Nobody eats or sleeps in the course of this tale. And you probably won't either' New Yorker
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney was born in Whitechapel in the East End of London. After serving as a lieutenant during the First World War, he worked as a police reporter and freelance investigator until he found success with his first Lemmy Caution novel. In his lifetime Cheyney was a prolific and wildly successful author, selling, in 1946 alone, over 1.5 million copies of his books. His work was also enormously popular in France, and inspired Jean-Luc Godard's character of the same name in his dystopian sci-fi film Alphaville. The master of British noir, in Lemmy Caution Peter Cheyney created the blueprint for the tough-talking, hard-drinking pulp fiction detective.
