Lemmy Caution Series
Peter Cheyney
This Man Is Dangerous
A group of organised gangsters are operating a 'snatch' racket, laying a plan - worked out in the minutest detail - to kidnap the daughter of an American millionaire while she is in England. And their plot must not only account for the actual luring of the victim into the snare and the collection of the ransom money, but also evade interference from the English police and rival gangs.
Poison Ivy
The FBI man is sent by his bosses to Casablanca to investigate the disappearance of two million dollars, which have seemingly vanished into thin air. There he meets Carlotta de la Rue, the eponymous Poison Ivy, whose character is based on a true-life femme fatale nightclub singer.
Dames Don't Care
Lemmy Caution is investigating a counterfeiting case mixed with a suspect suicide that originated in New York and brings him to the hot desert outside Palm Springs.
Can Ladies Kill?
"In the morgue office there ain't anybody there at all. We go through the office into the corpse room. I switch on the light an' there we start pullin' out the trays with the stiffs on. We found the morgue attendant all right. He was in number five tray lookin' sorta surprised. Which he was entitled to be... Somebody had shot this guy three times."
Don't Get Me Wrong
On a case looking for a dead agent, Lemmy Caution finds himself in Mexico running into multiple mobsters and Mexican dames as he searches for the ultimate prize—a prize which could put Lemmy in very good standing at the FBI.
You'd Be Surprised
A kidnapping affair brings Lemmy Caution to Paris and Holland at the beginning of the war in 1939.
Your Deal, My Lovely
Lemmy Caution is sent to investigate the murder of a female agent and the disappearance of a prominent scientist. His search leads him to notorious gangster Enrico Pranzetti, and straight into a trap.
Never a Dull Moment
A woman named Julia Wayles has been kidnapped in the US and taken to England. Although no one is sure if she’s really been kidnapped. She’s being held by a couple of American mobsters named Rudy Zimman and Tamara Phelps.
You Can Always Duck
This time the action takes place in wartime London where Caution is on the trail of a gang of black marketeers who have got mixed up in espionage.
I'll Say She Does!
In the wake of the Second World War, Caution is in Paris on the trail of some missing State Department files. His hunt soon takes him to Britain.
G-Man at the Yard
Caution heads to London in pursuit of Esmeralda Vandellin, but finds he needs the assistance of Scotland Yard.
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