Peter Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution. Caution was first portrayed as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, and in later stories as a private detective.Another popular creation was the private detective Slim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. He was constructed as a British response to the more hardboiled detectives of American fiction such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.A meticulous researcher, Cheyney kept a massive set of files on criminal activity in London, but these were destroyed during the Blitz in 1941; he however, soon began to replace his collection of clippings. He dictated his work. Typically he would "act out" his stories for his secretary, Miss Sprauge, who would copy them down in shorthand and type them up later…Contents:Lemmy Caution BooksThis Man Is DangerousPoison IvyDames Don't CareCan Ladies Kill?Don't Get Me WrongYou'd Be SurprisedYour Deal, My LovelyNever A Dull MomentYou Can Always DuckSlim Callaghan BooksThe Urgent HangmanDangerous CurvesYou Can't Keep The ChangeIt Couldn't Matter LessSorry You've Been TroubledCalling Mr. CallaghanDark NovelsDark DuetThe Stars Are DarkThe Dark StreetDark HeroDark BahamaLost NovelsDeath ChairThe Gold KimonoThe Sign On The RoofThe Vengeance Of Hop FiOther NovelsLadies Won't WaitThe Curiosity Of Etienne MacgregorThe Deadly FrescoDressed To KillShort FictionThe Alonzo Mactavish OmnibusLemmy Caution StoriesSlim Callaghan StoriesOther Stories