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BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Peter Cheyney was a prolific author, at the end of this page is a bibliography based on published books, printed stories and articles, manuscripts and documents found in The Cheyney Papers
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BOOKS

Peter Cheyney was selling – even during the WWII – up to two million books a year, and peaked post-war at almost five million. His fame cannot be underestimated, and is in stark contrast with knowledge of his work now. This extract from the jacket blurb of Dark Interlude gives an idea of the importance of his books:
  • During the war years the Cheyney ‘Dark’ novels were a thorn in the side of our Nazi enemies. Circulated through Sweden into Denmark and Norway, they carried a message to those who needed cheer and encouragement in their secret and dangerous tasks. It was a Swedish publisher who smuggled Dark Duet into Paris, passed it to M. Sven Neilson (who publishes the ‘Dark’ books in France to-day) while the Germans still occupied the city. Dark Duet, set up by Resistance Units, was the first British novel to be openly on sale in Paris as the German troops moved out – and all this without a word between author and publisher: it was neither possible nor necessary. Cheyney’s agents – both women – were missing: one in a concentration camp, the other shot by the Gestapo.
This is not to make any claims for important literature, just to set his place in history. The style was incredibly popular and clearly struck a chord in war-torn Europe. At the time there was critisism of the violence (although it was nothing in comparison with what the serviemen were seeing) – perhaps it was the ruthlessness that was shocking: that even a beautiful woman was not safe from a sudden violent end.

You’ll find no actual sex in any of the books, but there are pages and pages of flirtation and seduction. The descriptions of the characters’ clothing and demeanours are often seductions in themselves, there is much mutual appreciation and then it’s on with the story. Cheyney’s mother was a corset-maker and they lived above the shop, so Peter had a complete understanding, and obvious enjoyment, of fabrics and clothes design, both in his writing and his own wardrobe.

Although not entirely enlightened in some areas, there is no shortage of strong women in Cheyney’s writing. The women are generally independent, intelligent, and often the main protagonists. Some of the stories of Julia Herron are even written in the first person. She is not a man in womens clothing, but has an entirely diferrent (and equally effective) set of thought patterns. Peter Cheyney’s life was full of strong women, not least his mother who helped support him even into his married life. His wives and other female friends were never shrinking violets.

His writing started early (see International Best-Selling Author), and his style is generally acknowledged to have matured late in his career with the ‘Dark’ books, featuring the characters of Quayle, Guelvada, Kane, Vallon and O’Mara. Despite this, his best-known creations remain the American detective Lemmy Caution and the English Slim Callaghan, starring in almost half his novels between them, and nearly all the film adaptations.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY


FIRST WORLD WAR POETRY

  • Poems of Love and War (1916)
    To Corona and Other Poems (1917)

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

  • Le Rayon Qui Tue (1926)
    La Dernier Enquete de L’Inspecteur Ralston (1926)
    Three Character Sketches (1927)
    I Guarded Kings: The Memoirs of a Political Police Officer
    (ghost written for Harold Brust) (1935)
    In Plain Clothes: Further Memoirs of a Political Police Officer
    (ghost written for Harold Brust) (1937)
    Best Stories of the Underworld (editor) (1942)

NOVELS - British editions mostly published by William Collins US = US re-titled editions

  • 1936
    This Man Is Dangerous (1936; Lemmy Caution)

    1937
    Dames Don’t Care (1937; Lemmy Caution)
    Poison Ivy (1937; Lemmy Caution)

    1938
    Can Ladies Kill? (1938; Lemmy Caution)
    The Urgent Hangman (1938; Slim Callaghan)

    1939
    Dangerous Curves (1939; Slim Callaghan)
    Don’t Get Me Wrong (1939; Lemmy Caution)

    1940
    Another Little Drink (1940; Nick Bellamy)
    You Can’t Keep the Change (1940; Slim Callaghan)
    You’d Be Surprised (1940; Lemmy Caution)

    1941
    It Couldn’t Matter Less (1941; Slim Callaghan)
    Your Deal, My Lovely (1941; Lemmy Caution)

    1942
    Dark Duet (1942; Kane, Guelvada, Quayle)
    Never a Dull Moment (1942; Lemmy Caution)
    Sorry You’ve Been Troubled (1942; Slim Callaghan)
    US A Trap for Bellamy (1942; UK: Another Little Drink)

    1943
    US Farewell to the Admiral (1943; UK: Sorry You’ve Been Troubled)
    US Premeditated Murder (1943)
    The Stars Are Dark (1943; Fells, Greeley, Quayle)
    You Can Always Duck (1943; Lemmy Caution)

    1944
    US Account Rendered (1944)
    US The Counterspy Murders (1944)
    They Never Say When (1944; Slim Callaghan)
    The Dark Street (1944; O’Mara, Quayle)
    US The London Spy Murders (1944)

    1945
    I’ll Say She Does! (1945 ; Lemmy Caution)
    Sinister Errand (1945; Kells, Guelvada, Quayle)

    1946
    Dark Hero (1946; Rene Berg)
    US The Dark Street Murders (1946)
    Uneasy Terms (1946; Slim Callaghan)

    1947
    US The Case of the Dark Hero (1947)
    Dance Without Music (1947; Caryl O’Hara)
    Dark Interlude (1947; O’Mara, Guelvada, Quayle)

    1948
    Dark Wanton (1948; Frewin, Guelvada, Quayle)
    Try Anything Twice (1948)

    1949
    You Can Call It a Day (1949; Johnny Vallon)
    US The Man Nobody Saw (1949; UK: You Can Call It a Day)
    One of Those Things (1949; Terence O’Day)

    1950
    Dark Bahama (1950; Johnny Vallon)
    US Lady Beware (1950 )
    Lady, Behave! (1950; Johnny Vallon)
    US Set-Up for Murder (1950) 1950

    1951
    Ladies Won’t Wait (1951; Michael Kells)
    US Mistress Murder (1951 UK: One of Those Things)

    1952
    US I’ll Bring Her Back (or Bring Her Back Alive) (1952; UK: Dark Bahama)

    post-1952
    US Cocktails and the Killer (1957)
    US Sinister Murders (1957)
    US The Case of the Dark Wanton (1958)
    US The Terrible Night (1959)
    US Undressed to Kill (1959)
    US Callaghan (1973)

COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES

  • You Can’t Hit a Woman and Other Stories (1937)
    Knave Takes Queen (1939)
    Mr. Caution – Mr. Callaghan (1941; Slim Callaghan, Lemmy Caution)
    editor: Best Stories of the Underworld (1942)
    The Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish (1943; Alonzo MacTavish)
    Calling Mr. Callaghan (1943; Slim Callaghan)
    Alonzo MacTavish Again (1943; Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Murder of Alonzo (1943; Alonzo MacTavish)
    Making Crime Pay (colleted stories, articles, radio plays) (1944)
    Account Rendered (1944)
    Night Club (1945, Poynings) AKA Dressed to Kill (1952)
    He Walked in Her Sleep and Other Stories (1946; Alonzo MacTavish)
    A Spot of Murder and Other Stories (1946; Slim Callaghan)
    The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor (1947; Etienne MacGregor) AKA The Sweetheart of the Razors
    Fast Work and other stories (1948)*
    No Ordinary Cheyney (1948)
    Knave Takes Queen - enlarged edition (1950)
    Lemmy Caution Omnibus (1952; This Man is Dangerous, Dames Don’t Care, I’ll Say She Does)
    Velvet Johnnie and Other Stories (1952)
    Dressed to Kill (1952; Night Club plus biog)
    Calling Mr. Callaghan (1953; Slim Callaghan)
    Meet Mr Callaghan (1953; collection of The Urgent Hangman, Dangerous Curves & Uneasy Terms)
    G Man at the Yard (1953; Lemmy Caution, Slim Callaghan, Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Adventures of Julia and Two Other Spy Stories (1954; Julia Herron) AKA Killing Game, You’d Be Surprised
    The Best Stories of Peter Cheyney (1954)
    He Walked in Her Sleep (1954; Alonzo MacTavish) AKA MacTavish
    The Mystery Blues and Other Stories Peter Cheyney (1954) AKA Fast Work

SHORT BOOKS (16-64 pages, mostly stapled paperbacks)

  • The Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish (1943)
    Alonzo MacTavish Again (1943)
    The Murder of Alonzo (1943)
    The Man with the Red Beard (1943, Todd)
    Love with a Gun and Other Stories (1943, Polybooks)
    The Adventures of Julia (1945, Poynings)
    Dance Without Music (1945, Poynings)
    A Tough Spot for Cupid and Other Stories (1945, Vallency)
    Escape for Sandra (1945, Todd)
    You Can’t Trust a Duchess and Other Stories (1945, Vallency)
    Vengeance with a Twist and Other Stories (1946, Polybooks)
    Date After Dark and Other Stories (1946, Polybooks)
    G Man at the Yard (1946, Poynings)
    The Man with Two Wives and Other Stories (1946, Polybooks)
    A Spot of Murder and Other Stories (1946)
    Time for Caution (1946, Willaim Foster Pub.)
    Lady in Green and Other Stories (1947, Bantam)
    A Matter of Luck and Other Stories (1947, Bantam)
    Cocktail for Cupid and Other Stories (1948, Bantam)
    Fast Work (1948, Bantam)
    Cocktail Party and Other Stories (1948, Bantam)
    Information Received and Other Stories (1948, Bantam)
    The Lady in Tears and Other Stories (1948, Bantam)
    The Unhappy Lady and Other Stories (1948, Bantam)

OTHER SHORT STORIES & SERIALISATIONS listed alphabetically and dated as known, all UK publications unless stated otherwise
SC = Slim Callaghan; LC = Lemmy Caution; ill = illustrator
NB: most of these stories were (re)published in the listed short books or collections, many with alternative titles

  • A Double Double-Cross May 1924, Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine;
    Abie Always Pays (Abie Hymie Finkelstein) February 4, 1939, Answers;
    Abie and the Fire-Bugs January 9, 1938, Sunday Graphic and Sunday News;
    Abie and the Gangsters (Abie Hymie Finkelstein) Friday March 27, 1936, Evening Standard; ill Mendoza
    Abie in Hollywood (Abie Hymie Finkelstein) March 31, 1940, The Statesman, Calcutta;
    Abie the Sleuth (Abie Hymie Finkelstein)
    Account Overdue (T. S. Durante) September 24, 1949, John Bull; ill William Little
    SC Account Rendered September 14, 1940, Illustrated;
    SC Ace High September 26, 1942, Illustrated;
    The Affair of Mrs. Lotus Leaf (Etienne MacGregor)
    After Fiesta
    LC Ain’t Love a Scream (Lemmy Caution)
    Alonzo-Sportsman! (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Angel in the Sky
    Angel Unawares: A Chriatmas Surprise Christmas, 1936, Daily Independent
    The Arrest (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC At the Grape-Vine (Slim Callaghan)
    La Belle Dame Sans Souci
    SC The Big Bluff (Slim Callaghan) January 1, 1944, Illustarted;
    LC The Big Shot (Lemmy Caution) Tuesday July 20, 1937, Daily Sketch; ill John Pisani
    LC Big-Time Stuff (Lemmy Caution) published as ‘Phoney!’, December 9, 1939, Answers;
    SC Birthday for Callaghan (Slim Callaghan)
    The Biter Bit (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Black Mantilla (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC Blackout (Slim Callaghan) November 25, 1939, Illustrated;
    The Bump-Off (McGonegal)
    SC Callaghan Plus Cupid (Slim Callaghan) October 14, 1939, Illustrated;
    SC The Callaghan Touch (Slim Callaghan)
    Cash, Please! (Etienne MacGregor)
    Checkmate (Etienne MacGregor)
    Chicago Pay-Off
    China Tea (Etienne MacGregor)
    Chinese Music (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC Christmas for Callaghan (Slim Callaghan) Monday December 24, 1945, Daily Mail; published as ‘Case of the Missing Knife’, June 8, 1946, The Star Weekly, Toronto; December 23, 1946, Burma Star, Burma; ill Isobel Dawson
    Clash with Doctor Klatt (Alonzo MacTavish) May 6, 1939, Illustrated
    Cocktail for Cupid May 1946, Modern Woman;
    Cocktail Party November 1945, Modern Woman; ill Sax(?)
    Courier (Gervaise) published as ‘ “It” ‘, October 1948, The Courier
    LC Dames Are So Dizzy (Lemmy Caution) Friday July 23, 1937, Daily Sketch; ill John Pisani
    LC Dame Don't Care (Lemmy Caution) serialised, 1937, The Thriller;
    Dance Without Music (Caryl O'Hara) September 30, 1939, Illustrated; full-length version September 11, 1948, The Star Weekly, Toronto; full-length version serialised in 12 weekly parts starting July 6, 1947, News of the World; ill McDermott (Star)
    The Dark Street full-length story, October 12, 1946, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill Traunter
    Dark Wanton full-length story, Sunday October 30, 1949, The Star Weekly, Toronto; McDermott (Star)
    SC The Date After Dark (Slim Callaghan) October 12, 1940, Illustrated;
    The De Lanier Technique
    Death in the Lift published as ‘And the Lift Went Down’, February 15, 1941, Answers;
    The Death on Panhandle
    Delayed Action (Terence O’Day) February 1951, Modern Woman; ill John Pimlott
    The Demure Lady (Etienne MacGregor)
    SC The Dencourt Stiletto (Slim Callaghan)
    The Diamond Scarab (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Disappearing Diamonds (Slim Callaghan) published as ‘Sleight of Hand’ (starring Jeremy Jones), November 20, 1943, Answers;
    SC Documentary Evidence (Slim Callaghan)
    SC Double Alibi (Slim Callaghan) August 14, 1943, Illustrated
    Dressed to Kill (Gaunt) full-length story, October 4, 1947, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill El Gilchrist
    LC The Dude - Portrait of a G-Man (Lemmy Caution) August 9, 1941, Answers
    LC Duet for Mobsters (Lemmy Caution) Thursday July 22, 1937, Daily Sketch; ill John Pisani
    Enter Alonzo MacTavish (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Escape for Sandra (Sandra, Kerr, Nielek, Quayle, Vayle, Sven) Modern Woman; ill Lazzolo
    Esteban July 23, 1949, John Bull; ill K. J. Petts
    Exit Permit December 1944, Soho Centenary; date?, New Age;
    Fast Work (Alonzo Green) Friday April 15, 1938, Birmingham Weekly Post; March 1939, Eastbourne Courier;
    SC Fifth Column (Slim Callaghan) August 24, 1940, Illustrated;
    LC From the Neck Up! (Lemmy Caution) published as ‘The Girl who was Dead From the Neck Up’, December 11, 1941, Glasgow Evening News; ill John Pisani
    G-Man at the Yard (Lemmy Caution) serialised, 1937, The Thriller;
    Gangster Stuff July 15, 1937, The Nottingham Evening News;
    Getlin’s Perfect Suicide Saturday March 25, 1939, The Yorkshire Observer Budget;
    The Gigolo
    Green in My Eye
    Greensleeves (Etienne MacGregor)
    SC The Guess Comes Off (Slim Callaghan) published as ‘Callaghan’s Shot in the Dark’, December 7, 1940, Illustrated;
    Gun Moll Blues
    The Gypsy Warned Me
    He Walked in Her Sleep (Alonzo MacTavish) April 8, 1939, Illustrated; ill Sinclair Calow
    He Who Laughs Last (Alonzo MacTavish)
    LC The Heat for Six (Lemmy Caution) Monday July 26, 1937, Evening Standard; ill Mendoza
    LC Hey...Duchess! (Lemmy Caution) Monday July 19, 1937, Daily Sketch; published as ‘O.K. Dutchess’, July 26, 1941, Answers; ill John Pisani (Daily Sketch)
    LC Hey...Sherlock (Lemmy Caution) published as ‘A Case of Shootin’ ’, 1939, Answers;
    Honour Among Thieves
    The House with the Glass Roof (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The House with the Yellow Bricks (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Humour of Huang Chen
    The Humour of Lo-Chung
    I Should Know Better Brittannia and Eve; published as ‘A Matter of Confidence’, September 1940, Answers;
    SC In the Bag (Slim Callaghan) also radio play 'The Golf Bag Case'; December 4, 1941, Illustrated;
    SC In the Hall (Slim Callaghan) January 23, 1943, Illustrated
    Information Received
    SC It Comes Off Sometimes (Slim Callaghan) March 7, 1942, Illustrated
    SC It Runs in the Family (Slim Callaghan) November 9, 1940, Illustrated;
    Julia Rose Petal (Etienne MacGregor)
    The Key (Eustace St. John Mainway) December 2, 1944, Answers; October 5, 1940, Manchester Evening Chronicle;
    Lady Behave! (Johnny Vallon) full-length story, February 10, 1951, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill W. Book
    Lady in Green (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC Lady in Love (Slim Callaghan) April 11, 1942, Illustrated;
    Lady in Luck (Julia Herron) January 12, 1946, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill Phil Berry
    SC The Lady in Tears (Slim Callaghan)
    A Lady of Quality (Krasinsky) Modern Woman; ill Arthur Wragg
    The Last Straw
    A Life for a Lamp
    Love and Larceny (Terence O’Day) May 1951, Modern Woman;
    Love can be Wonderful January 1941, Brittania & Eve; ill Albert Bailey
    Love with a Gun March 4, 1939, Illustrated;
    Luck...and a Lady (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Lucky Chance
    The Man with the Eyeglass Helena Brackman) November 18, 1940, Answers;
    The Man with the Red Beard
    SC The Man with Two Wives (Slim Callaghan) August 29, 1942, Illustrated;
    SC A Matter of Cooperation (Slim Callaghan)
    A Matter of Habit (Jeremy Jones, Etienne Garche: later McGregor?) Saturday September 7, 1940, The Mail (Adelaide); December 7, 1946, The Star Weekly, Toronto;
    A Matter of Luck (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Mauser Pistol (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Mayfair Melody September 1939, Brittannia and Eve;
    SC The Missing Bullet (slightly cut and converted to Slim Callaghan for Polybooks) published starring Jeremy Jones, November 6, 1943, Answers;
    The Missing Rembrandt (Alonzo MacTavish)
    LC The Mouthpiece Talks (Lemmy Caution) Monday November 15, 1937, Manchester Daily Dispatch;
    Murder at Moore Hall (5-minute thriller for you to solve...) December 26, 1943 Sunday Chronicle, Manchester;
    The Murder of Alonzo (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC Murder with a Twist (Slim Callaghan) October 28, 1939, Illustrated;
    The Mystery Blues (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Net of Dr. Klatt
    LC Nice Work (Lemmy Caution) October 5, 1936, London Evening Standard; Tuesday January 7, 1947, The Yorkshire Evening Post; Saturday December 11, 1937, Manchester Despatch; January 27, 1945, Answers;
    Night Club
    Not So Dumb February 1942, Brittania & Eve; February 19, 1944, The Star Weekly, Toronto; February 26, 1943, The Outspan, Bloemfontein, S.A.; ill W. Smithson-Broadhead (Brittania); ill Aileen Richardson (Star); ill W. Smithson-Broadhead (Outspan)
    Not-So-Secret Service! (Julia Herron)
    Of a Delay in the Post
    Of an Experience of Pierre Duchesne
    Of Honoria Dove-Mellifleur
    Of Pastoral Blackmail
    Of Perfume and Sudden Death
    Of the Demise of Mr. Evelyn Sout
    Of the Dream of Erasmus Bellamy
    Of the King of Tarragona
    Of the Reclamation of Captain Kidd
    Of the Vengeance of Hyacinth Jones
    SC On the Cards (Slim Callaghan) (AKA Your Deal Madame! AKA On The Cards)
    One Born Every Minute April 29, 1939, Illustrated; ill Sinclair Calow
    SC One for the Dutchess
    LC One for the Heiress (Lemmy Caution)
    One of Those Things - serialised novel (Terranve O’Day) August 7, 14... 1949, Sunday Dispatch;
    The Orange Kid (Snevelsky) March 6, 1938, Sunday Dispatch;
    The Other Uncle (Etienne MacGregor)
    LC The Pay-Off
    The Peacock Fan (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Perfumed Ghost January 1940, Brittannia and Eve; ill Albert Bailey
    The Pin
    Poets Can’t Take It September 22, 1939, Daily Herald;
    Portrait of a ‘G’ Man (Rudy Calcimo AKA The Dude) August 22, 1937, Sunday Editorial;
    The Return of Klatt (Alonzo MacTavish)
    The Rope (Getlin) February 10, 1940, Staffordshire Advertiser; December 1952, MacKills Mystery Magazine;
    The River That Ran Sideways (Etienne MacGregor)
    A Set-Up for Psychology
    The Sleeping Car Saurday July 1, 1939, Natal Mercury, Saturday Magazine, Durban;
    The Sleeping Glass
    The Sliding Scale (Etienne MacGregor)
    The Smoking Lamp (Etienne MacGregor)
    LC Sob-Stuff (Lemmy Caution) published as ‘Lemmy Caution G-Man’, November 11, 1939, Answers;
    Sold! (Alonzo MacTavish)
    SC A Spot of Murder (Slim Callaghan) December 19, 1942, Illustrated;
    A Square Deal
    Sweet Murder at Figg’s End (Krasinsky) Modern Woman; ill Arthur Wragg
    SC Sweet Sister Modern Woman; ill Glynn Jones
    The Sweetheart of the Razors (Etienne MacGregor)
    SC The Telephone Talks (Slim Callaghan)
    There’s Honor Among Thieves August 21, 1948, The Star Weekly, Toronto;
    LC They Had an Alibi (Lemmy Caution) Wednesday July 21, 1937, Daily Sketch; published as ‘Alibi’, july 19, 1941, Answers; published as ‘Theft Gang’s Alibi Torpedoed’, December 8, 1937, The Glasgow Evening News; Glasgow Evening News; ill John Pisani
    LC They Had It Comin’ (Lemmy Caution) published as ‘Ironed Out’, December 23, 1939, Answers;
    SC They Kidnapped Cecelia (Slim Callaghan) November 7, 1942, Illustrated;
    This ‘Other Woman’ Stuff (Julia Herron)
    This Intuition Business (Carew)
    The Three Grey Men of Mote Hall (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Three Men on Tampa
    The Tiger at Twelve December 1945, Modern Woman; August 7, 1948, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill Sax
    To Him Who ‘Waits’ (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Too Many Cooks (Alonzo MacTavish)
    A Tough Spot for Cupid (Carew) April 1944, Modern Woman; ill Clark Fay
    Truth Is Never Acceptable (Alonzo MacTavish) April 15, 1939, Illustrated; published as ‘Find the Lady’, February 10, 1945; November 1959, Suspense; ill Sinclair Calow (Illustrated)
    Twin Twist (Jeremy Jones) April 8, 1944, Answer;
    The Unhappy Lady (Alonzo MacTavish)
    Velvet Johnnie
    SC Vengeance with a Twist (Slim Callaghan) January 18, 1941, Illustrated
    We Girls Must Hang Together April 22, 1939, Illustrated; ill Sinclair Calow
    The Weeping Lady
    Wisdom of the Serpent December 3, 1938, Aukland Star, New Zealand;
    LC The Wine Glass (Lemmy Caution) originally published as ‘After You, Lady’ a story “written around this picture” for unknown newspaper; published as ‘Set-Up’, August 2, 1941, Answers;
    LC The Wise-Guy Dude is Trapped - Poertrait of a G-Man (Lemmy Caution) Monday December 13, 1937, The Glasgow Evening News;
    The Wo Hang Coffin (Alonzo MacTavish)
    A Woman Scorned
    The Yellow Kaffir (Etienne MacGregor)
    You Can’t Hit a Woman
    SC You Can’t Trust Duchesses (Slim Callaghan) November 11, 1939, Illustrated; Saturday February 16, 1946, The Star Weekly, Toronto; ill Marshall Franz
    You Can’t Trust Husbands
    You’d Be Surprised (Julia Herron)
    Your Deal Madame (AKA On The Cards AKA The Lady Takes a Twist)

NON-FICTION ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS - incomplete list

  • The Underworld of Mayfair Sunday Dispatch 05 September 1937
    (Underworld of Mayfair) The Jealour Husband “Racket” Sunday Dispatch 12 September 1937
    Counting the Cost in Misery - What Price Hollywood Now? Tit-Bits 12 November 1932
    (What Mayfair’s Underworld did to) The Man from the Provinces Sunday Dispatch 19 September 1937
    Vanity Lures on the Mass Murderer Daily Mail 01 December 1937
    Perfect Murders Go Wrong Daily Mail 12 February 1938
    Inside the Balck Market - No.1 - (inc. The Men Who Watch & glossary) Sunday Dispatch 25 June 1944
    Inside the Balck Market - No.2 - Back Room Boys of a £1,000,000 Racket (author’s original title: Ladies Must be Beautiful) Sunday Dispatch 02 July 1944
    Inside the Black Market - No.3 - The People of Black Market Village (author’s original title: The Black Market - Money and Crime) Sunday Dispatch 09 July 1944
    Inside the Black Market - No.4 - Women Behind the Balck Market - How the ‘Swag’ is Sold Sunday Dispatch 16 July 1944
    Inside the Black Market - No.5 - The Black Marketeers Who Won’t be Caught (author’s original title: What the People Think) Sunday Dispatch 23 July 1944
    What Would You Do? If the World Ended in Seven Days (contributor) Sunday Dispatch 20 August 1944
    The Terrible Doctor Sunday Dispatch 04 November 1945
    Death of a Traitor Sunday Dispatch 11 November 1945
    Mystery of the Red Chair Sunday Dispatch 25 November 1945
    Murder for Fun Sunday Dispatch 09 December 1945
    The Case of the Unfriendly Lady Sunday Dispatch 06 January 1946
    The Birth and Life of Lemmy Caution Transatlantic 01 February 1946
    INTERVIEW Art for Pete’s Sake Illustrated 07 September 1946
    Mystery of the Red Chair The Crime Digest 01 January 1947
    The Crime that Always Pays The Evening News 03 January 1947
    How to Write a Book Civil Service Argus 01 August 1947
    Thrills for the Million Tory Challenge 01 September 1947
    INTERVIEW He Makes Crime Pay John Bull 13 September 1947
    INTERVIEW Background to a ‘Best-Seller’ W.H. Smith & Son’s Trade Circular 20 September 1947
    Crime Stories Don’t Make Criminals Sunday Chronicle 23 January 1949
    Peter Cheyney at the Haigh Trial Sunday Dispatch 24 July 1949
    How to Write a Book Sunday Dispatch
    The Singer of the Song? manuscript only
    Cocktails manuscript for Wm Collins, Bombay
    My Week manuscript only
    Ante-Rooms of Crime The Crime Digest (vol1, no.2)
    How to Succeed as a Writer of Thrillers manuscript for Holiday Book
    Christmas Club Crime Quiz Weldons Ladies’ Journal
    Paris Crime - No.1 - My Friends the Police Sunday Dispatch
    Paris Crime - No.2 - L’Affaire Petiot Sunday Dispatch
    Paris Crime - No.3 - A Flight to a Finish Sunday Dispatch
    Paris Crime - No.4 - Dope Sunday Dispatch
    Paris Crime - No.5 - L’Affaire Cosselin Sunday Dispatch
    Paris Crime - No.6 - L’Affaire Lafond Sunday Dispatch
    The Peugeot Murders Sunday Dispatch


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