Peter Cheyney

Broschiertes Buch

Don't Be Surprised

A Lemmy Caution Thriller

Beschreibung

I do not propose to be Lemmy Caution of the F.B.I. on this job. No, sir. I have come over as Cyrus T. Hickory of the Transcontinental Detective Agency-a private dick-an' I will tell you why.Blood's runnin' down my face from where this guy's just bust me, my nose feels like it's split in half. Then this dame gets up an' strolls over to me - I reckon I am not lookin' quite so good.She says: 'Well for cryin' out loud.'Is this my big day or is it?She stands lookin' at me, sippin' champagne. 'So you're a big "G" man, ' she says. 'Well, personally, if you hadn't got a lot comin' to you I would take a bust at you myself, you lousy, crawlin', gum-shoein' dick. Have a drop of liquor, big boy.' She pours the contents of her glass over my face. It stings like hell, but I'm tellin' you it was good liquor./Another Lemmy Caution detective story, this time taking him to Paris, packed with chills, spills, action and dames.You'd Be Surprised was originally published in 1940.'Peter Cheyney is the Damon Runyon of crime' The Times

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dean Street Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 125mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781914150951
• ISBN-10: 1914150953
• Artikelnr.: 63155559