Peter Cheyney - Libros y biografía

Der eilige Henker ("The Urgent Hangman") ist ein spannender Kriminalroman des englischen Autors Peter Cheyney. In dem Buch geht es um den Detektiv Slim Callaghan, der in einen Fall von Erpressung und...

Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt des legendären Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan! In Peter Cheyneys spannendem Krimi "Unbehagliche Bedingungen" ermittelt Callaghan in einem kleinen Dorf in der Nähe von Alfriston....

In "Gefährliche Kurven" taucht der Leser ein in die Welt der Unterwelt und des Verbrechens. Peter Cheyney entführt uns in eine düstere, aber dennoch faszinierende Welt voller Intrigen, Gewalt und Verrat....

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt des Londoner Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan in Peter Cheyneys packendem Thriller "Ich bedaure, dass Sie Probleme haben". Als Callaghan auf eine verdächtige Selbstmordserie...

In "Der skrupellose Mr. Callaghan" stellt uns Peter Cheyney seinen knallharten, redseligen Privatdetektiv Slim Callaghan vor. Als Callaghan von Inspektor Gringall von Scotland Yard gebeten wird, sich...

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt des Londoner Privatdetektivs Slim Callaghan und begleiten Sie ihn bei seinem neuesten Fall in "Sie sagen nie, wann" von Peter Cheyney. Als die geheimnisvolle Mrs. Paula...

Textauszug: "Jetzt hören Sie mal zu, Skendall", sage ich. "Ich glaube, ich bin Ihnen auf der Spur. Zunächst einmal möchte ich von Ihnen wissen, was gestern Abend bei Joe Madrigaul vorgefallen ist. Wie...

FBI-Agent Lemmy Caution baut sich eine Undercover-Tarnung als gesuchter Mörder auf, um die internationale Verbrecherbande um den Gangster Siegella zu überführen. Die vergnügungssüchtige Millionenerbin...

Se non hai mai letto nulla di Peter Cheyney, uno degli indiscussi padri dell’hard-boiled, questo giallo devi decisamente averlo… Chi è Lemmy Caution? È l’agente federale, prototipo del vero duro, uscito...

CALLAGHAN— sole occupant of the downstairs bar at the Green Paroquet Club— tilted his chair back against the wall, put his hands in his pockets, gazed solemnly, with eyes that were a trifle glazed, at...

VALLON came out of his bedroom; closed the door; stood for a moment in the corridor. The scent hit his nostrils— Narcisse Noir. Vallon, who had a nose for perfume, wondered when he had last smelt Narcisse...

Con questo primo vero e proprio romanzo d'azione, Lemmy Caution è finalmente entrato in scena. Con questo personaggio, il cui vero volto è svelato solo a metà circa del libro, Cheyney conduce la lettrice...

CALLAGHAN turned the corner into Chancery Lane. A gust of cold wind met him, blowing back the flaps of his not-so-clean raincoat, sending the rain through his threadbare trouser legs. He was five feet...

CALLAGHAN awoke and looked at the ceiling. The fire sent grotesque shadows flickering across the white expanse above him. He yawned, turned over, kicked off the bedclothes, swung his legs to the floor....

Affare fatto (Your Deal, My Lovely) è un thriller del 1941 dello scrittore britannico Peter Cheyney. È il settimo della sua serie di romanzi con protagonista l'agente dell'FBI Lemmy Caution. Gran parte...

Pubblicato nel 1940 con il titolo You’d be surprised, e in edizione italiana, nei Gialli Mondadori, nel 1948, Roba da matti! è il sesto romanzo della serie di Lemmy Caution, il detective dell'FBI creato...

FOURTEEN miles off the tail end of Andros Island in the Bahamas lies the island called Dark Bahama—which, says the guide book, is a natural paradise. Day and night the golden sand beaches, the calm inlets,...

LADIES and gentlemen, I present to you Vincente Maria Jesu Callao. The business of a personal introduction seems necessary because he was the spring— however unconscious— that set in movement the rather...

Intendiamoci bene... (Don’t get me wrong) è un romanzo thriller del 1939 dello scrittore britannico Peter Cheyney. È il quinto della serie di dieci romanzi con protagonista l'agente dell'FBI Lemmy Caution. Lemmy...

KALEIDOSCOPIC pictures of last night's party presented themselves between myself and the ceiling. One or two faces— one of them was certainly Sammy's face, the other that of an attractive woman— flashed...

THE office was a small, square room on a third floor near Golden Square. It was sombre and unassuming. The furniture was nondescript. A suggestion of efficiency was provided by a steel filing-cabinet....

A FILM director, seeking a ghostly scene for some macabre film, would have acclaimed the location of the Box of Compasses. It stood, set back fifty yards from the deserted cross-roads, one arm of which...

SHAUN ALOYSIUS O'MARA came round the shadow of the low wall that bounded the end of the little church. He stepped unsteadily over the wall; began to walk through the small graveyard towards the yew-tree...

THE yellow mist seeped into the Place des Roses; bringing an almost evil quality to the cul-de-sac; rising only a few feet from the ground; creating the impression that there were no foundations to the...

Mai un momento di quiete! (Never a Dull Moment) è un romanzo thriller del 1942 dello scrittore britannico Peter Cheyney e rappresenta l’ottava storia in cui è protagonista il detective federale Lemmy...

EFFIE THOMPSON was asleep. She was wearing an eau-de-nil satin nightgown. Her red hair, draped over one shoulder, tied with a ribbon, made an effective contrast. She was dreaming in a rather agitated...

Che tipo, quel Caution! è il secondo romanzo di Cheyney in cui il protagonista è Lemmy Caution. Il giallo venne scritto nel 1937 e comparve con il titolo originale Poison Ivy. In Italia fu pubblicato...

Quando riceve la visita della bella Leonora Ivory che lo vuole assumere per disfarsi dell’ex marito Alexis Ricaud, il detective privato Caryl O’Hara capisce subito che sotto c’e? qualcosa di strano. O’Hara...

THE Chinese clock on the mantelpiece struck seven. A beam of May sunshine, following a sharp shower, pushed its way through the crack between the heavy velvet curtains, slanted obliquely across the big...

Not many people knew of The Crescent & Star. Those who did were the more happy. For Mrs Melander, the hostess, was a lady of a certain charm, acumen and versatility. Sometimes the inn was full, but...