Description
The Details:
This copy is in good condition. Mild foxing throughout and pages are mildly tanned. Owner’s signature. Dust jacket in good condition; one tear front bottom spine. Clipped.
The Story:
A collection of short stories featuring master cracksman, Alonzo MacTavish.
The Author:
Pseudonym of Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney (1896-1951)
Peter Cheyney was–and so far remains–Britain’s leading writer of hard-boiled fiction. He created three memorable characters: Lemmy Caution, a ruthless machine-gun toting FBI agent; Slim Callaghan, a British private eye… and himself. According to his friend and fellow writer Dennis Wheatley “he was the greatest liar unhung but a magnificent story teller.” (https://thrillingdetective.com/)
