Pseudonym of Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney (1896-1951) Peter Cheyney was--and so far remains--Britain's leading writer of hard-boiled fiction. He created three memorable characters: Lemmy Caution, a ruthless machine-gun toting FBI agent; Slim Callaghan, a British private eye... and himself. According to his friend and fellow writer Dennis Wheatley "he was the greatest liar unhung … Continue reading Peter Cheyney →