Peter Cheyney
Male : Novelist and Crime novelist. Badly wounded at the 2nd Battle of the Somme in WW1
Nationality : English
Place of Birth : Co Clare, Ireland
Date of Birth : 1897 Date of Death : 1951 Age : 55
Pseudonyms : Real Name = Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney. Harold Brust
Other Work : Book-maker and song writer
Education : Mercer's School & London University
FIRST WORLD WAR POETRY
Poems of Love and War (1916)
To Corona & other Poems (1917)
LEMMY CAUTION NOVELS
all Collins)
This Man is Dangerous (1936)
Poison Ivy (1937)
Dames Don't Care (1937)
Can Ladies Kill ? (1938)
Don't Get me Wrong (1939)
You'd Be Surprised (1940)
Your Deal, My Lovely (1941)
Never a Dull Moment (1942)
You Can Always Duck (1943)
I'll Say She Does (1945 8/6)
SLIM CALLAGHAN NOVELS
(all Collins)
The Urgent Hangman (1938)
[Filmed in 1954 as "Meet Mr Callaghan"]
Dangerous Curves (1939)
You Can't Keep the Change (1940)
It Couldn't Matter Less (1941)
Sorry You've Been Troubled (1942)
They Never Say When (1944 8/6)
Uneasy Terms (1946 8/6)
[Filmed in 1948]
JOHNNY VALLON NOVELS
(Collins)
You Can Call it a Day (1949)
Lady Behave! (1950)
MICHAEL KELLS NOVELS
(Collins)
Sinister Errand (1945 8/6)
[Filmed in 1952 as "Diplomatic Courier"]
Ladies Won't Wait (1951)
THE DARK SERIES OF ESPIONAGE NOVELS
(all Collins)
Dark Duet (1942)
The Stars are Dark (1943 8/6)
The Dark Street (1944 8/6)
Dark Hero (1946 8/6)
Dark Interlude (1947 8/6)
Dark Wanton (1948)
Dark Bahama (1950 8/6)
OTHER NOVELS
Another Little Drink (1940 Collins)
The Curiosity of Etienne Macgregor (1947 Hennel Locke)
Dance without Music (1947 Collins)
Try Anything Twice (1948 Collins 8/6)
One of Those Things (1949 Collins 8/6)
Set Up for Murder (1950 Pyramid, NY) - pb
SHORT STORIES
You Can't Hit a Woman (1937 Collins)
Knave Takes Queen (1939 Collins)
Mister Caution - MIster Callaghan (1941 Collins)
Adventures of Alonzo Mactavish (1943 Todd)
Alonzo Mactavish Again (1943 Todd)
Love with a Gun (1943 Todd)
The Murder of Alonzo (1943 Todd)
Account Rendered (1944 Vallancey)
The Adventures of Julia (1945, Brighton : Poynings)
Dance without Music (1945 Vallencey)
Escape from Sandra (1945 Brighton : Poynings)
Night Club (1945 Brighton : Poynings)
A Tough Spot for Cupid (1945 Vallancey)
G Man at the Yard (1946 Brighton : Poynings)
Date After Dark (1946 Todd)
He Walked in Her Sleep (1946 Todd)
The Man with Two Wives (1946 Todd)
A Spot of Murder (1946 Todd)
Time for Caution (1946 Hounslow : Foster)
Vengeance with a Twist (1946 Vallencey)
You Can't Trust a Duchess (1946 Vallencey)
Lady in Green (1947 Bantam)
A Matter of Luck (1947 Bantam)
Cocktail for Cupid (1948 Bantam)
Cocktail Party (1948 Bantam)
Fast Work (1948 Bantam)
Information Received (1948 Bantam)
The Unhappy Lady (1948 Bantam)
The Lady in Tears (1949 Bantam)
Velvet Johnnie (1952 Collins)
Calling Mr Callaghan (1953 Todd)
The Mystery Blues (1954 Todd)
The Best Stories of Peter Cheyney (1954 Faber) - Ed by Viola G Garvin
MISCELLANEOUS
Three Character Sketches (1927 Reynolds)
I Guarded Kings : The Memoirs of a Political Police Officer (1935 Stanley Paul) - as Harold Brust
In Plain Clothes : Furhter Memoirs of a Political Police Officer (1937 Paul) - as Harold Brust
Best Stories of the Underworld (1942 Faber) - as Ed
Making Crime Pay (1944 Faber) - short stories, articles, radio plays
No Ordinary Cheyney (1948 Faber 9/6) - stories and sketches
READING
Michael Harrison : Peter Cheyney - Prince of Hokum (1954)