Title | Publisher | Date | Issue Points - Notes |
This Man is Dangerous | Collins | 1936 | |
You Can't Hit a Woman | Collins | 1937 | |
Poison Ivy | Collins | 1937 | |
Dames Don't Care | Collins | 1937 | |
Can Ladies Kill ? | Collins | 1938 | |
The Urgent Hangman | Collins | 1938 | |
Don't Get Me Wrong | Collins | 1939 | Dust jacket priced 7/6 |
Knave Takes Queen | Collins | 1939 | |
Dangerous Curves | Collins | 1939 | |
Another Little Drink | Collins | 1940 | |
You'd Be Surprised | Collins | 1940 | |
You Can't Keep the Change | Collins | 1940 | |
Your Deal My Lovely | Collins | 1941 | Dust jacket priced 7/6 |
Mister Caution Mr Callaghan | Collins | 1941 | |
It Couldn't Matter Less | Collins | 1941 | |
Never a Dull Moment | Collins | 1942 | Dustwrapper priced 7/6 |
Dark Duet | Collins | 1942 | |
Sorry You've Been Troubled | Collins | 1942 | |
The Unscrupulous Mr Callaghan | Handi Books | 1943 | US only |
You Can Always Duck | Collins | 1943 | |
The Stars are Dark | Collins | 1943 | |
Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish | Todd | 1943 | |
Alonzo MacTavish Again | Todd | 1943 | |
Love With a Gun | Todd | 1943 | |
The Murder of Alonzo | Todd | 1943 | |
They Never Say When | Collins | 1944 | |
The Dark Street | Collins | 1944 | |
Account Rendered | Vallancey | 1944 | |
Dance Without Music | Vallancey | 1945 | Jacket priced ? |
Sinister Errand | Collins | 1945 | |
I'll Say She Does | Collins | 1945 | Wrapper priced at 8/6 |
The Adventures of Julia | Poynings | 1945 | |
Escape for Sandra | Poynings | 1945 | |
Night Club | Poynings | 1945 | Reprinted Todd 1952 as Dressed to Kill |
Tough Spot for Cupid | Vallancey | 1945 | |
You Can't Trust Duchesses | Vallancey | 1945 | |
G Man at the Yard | Poynings | 1946 | |
Dark Hero | Collins | 1946 | |
Date After Dark | Todd | 1946 | |
He Walked in His Sleep | Todd | 1946 | |
The Man With Two Wives | Todd | 1946 | |
A Spot for Murder | Todd | 1946 | |
Time for Caution | Foster | 1946 | |
Vengeance with a Twist | Vallancey | 1946 | |
Uneasy Terms | Collins | 1946 | Yellow cloth, green titles. Jacket 8/6 |
The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor | Locke | 1947 | |
Dark Interlude | Collins | 1947 | |
Dance Without Music | Collins | 1947 | Wrapper priced at 8/6 |
Lady in Green | Bantam | 1947 | |
A Matter of Luck | Bantam | 1947 | |
Cocktail for Cupid | Bantam | 1948 | |
Cocktail Party | Bantam | 1948 | |
Fast Work | Bantam | 1948 | |
Information Received | Bantam | 1948 | |
The Unhappy Lady | Bantam | 1948 | |
No Ordinary Cheyney | Faber | 1948 | Jacket priced at 9/6 |
Try Anything Twice | Collins | 1948 | |
Dark Wanton | Collins | 1948 | |
The Lady in Tears | Bantam | 1949 | |
You Can Call it a Day | Collins | 1949 | A Johnny Vallon book |
One of Those Things | Collins | 1949 | The first Terence O'Day mystery Also published as: Mistress Murder, Avon 1951 |
Lady Behave | Collins | 1950 | |
Dark Bahama | Collins | 1950 | |
Ladies Won't Wait | Collins | 1951 | |
Velvet Johnnie | Collins | 1952 | Dust jacket priced at 9/6 |
Calling Mr Callaghan | Todd | 1953 | |
The Best Stories of Peter Cheyney | Faber | 1954 | |
The Mystery Blues | Todd | 1954 |
Peter Cheyney Author Biography - Further Information His two main series characters were Lemmy Caution and
Slim Callaghan, with Caution being the most popular. Outside of collectors, Cheyney is largely forgotten now, which given he was once one of
the country's most popular and successful authors is quite remarkable. His success enabled him to amass a fortune and made him
one of England's richest authors at the time. As usual, the earlier titles are the rarest and most desirable. Pre 1940 titles
in original first issue dust jackets are generally regarded as rare books. The later titles, whilst not common in nice collectable condition,
are not overly difficult to locate and do not command particularly high prices. |