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"“I know you suspected me of killing Marella,” she says. Peter cheyney biography“I couldn't very well say that I had been out there again. But, Lemmy,” she goes on, “why is the fact that I found the letter in the kitchen so important?”"--Can Ladies Kill? by Peter Cheyney |
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951), known as Peter Cheyney, was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951.
Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine (however, the best known of these – the 1965 science fiction film Alphaville – was not directly based on a Cheyney novel).
Another popular creation was the private detectiveSlim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of