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…

Lemmy Caution Books

This Man Is Dangerous

Poison Ivy

Dames Don't Care

Can Ladies Kill?

Don't Get Me Wrong

You'd Be Surprised

Your Deal, My Lovely

Never A Dull Moment

You Can Always Duck

Slim Callaghan Books

The Urgent Hangman

Dangerous Curves

You Can't Keep The Change

It Couldn't Matter Less

Sorry You've Been Troubled

Calling mr. Callaghan

Dark Novels

Dark Duet

The Stars Are Dark

The Dark Street

Dark Hero

Dark Bahama

Lost Novels

Death Chair

The Gold Kimono

The Sign On The Roof

The Vengeance Of Hop Fi

Other Novels

Ladies Won't Wait

The Curiosity Of Etienne Macgregor

The Deadly Fresco

Dressed To Kill

Short Fiction

The Alonzo Mactavish Omnibus

Lemmy Caution Stories

Slim Callaghan Stories

Other Stories