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
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Slim Callaghan
Created by Peter Cheyney Pseudonym of Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney (1896-1951) Hard-boiled (some would argue over-boiled), bull-in-a-china-shop SLIM CALLAGHAN, prone to lying to just about anyone about just about anything, is--after Lemmy Caution--the most famous of Cheyney's tough guys. Unlike Lemmy, readers are mercifully spared the ersatz Americanisms--Slim is an English tough guy, a private eye … Continue reading Slim Callaghan
Lemmy Caution
Created by Peter Cheyney Pseudonym of Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney (1896-1951) "It's hot as hell. Away down the dirt road some guy's playin' one of them wailin' Mexican fandangles which give me that twilight feelin'... maybe it'd be a relief to start dyin'." -- Don't Get Me Wrong Arguably his most popular creation, Australian writer … Continue reading Lemmy Caution