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1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1937 collection of short stories first published in hardcover by Collins

1962 Great Pan reissue

cover art by Harry Sheldon

November 21, 2013

Posted on September 11, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags great pan paperback, harry sheldon, peter cheyney, scarlet johanssonLeave a comment on 1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1960 Great Pan reissue

1937 Collins UK hardcover, 1938 US hardcover from Coward McCann

3rd with his tough-guy G-Man Lemmy Caution

cover art by Sam Peffer

October 29, 2013

Posted on July 27, 2025July 13, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags dame, great pan paperback, peter cheyney, sam peffer, telephoneLeave a comment on 1960 Great Pan reissue

Dames Don’t Care! x 4

1937 Collins hardcover, author’s 3rd crime novel and 3rd with Lemmy Caution, tough US G-man

cover art by John Pisani

October 02, 2013

1951 Collins reissue

1939 Coward-McCann US edition

another source lists this as the 1953 Dodd Mead US edition

Posted on May 13, 2025April 26, 2025Categories british pulp, crime comic, mystery, pulpTags collins hardcover, dame, john pisano, peter cheyney, woman with a gun1 Comment on Dames Don’t Care! x 4

1958 Ace UK release – cover by Donelli

1947 Locke publication under the original title The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor. reissued in 1952 by Todd as The Sweetheart of the Razors with 43 extra pages

1958 Ace Books UK release, cover by Donelli

October 02, 2013

Posted on May 11, 2025April 16, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags ace paperback, donnelli, peter cheyneyLeave a comment on 1958 Ace UK release – cover by Donelli

1959 UK Ace paperback

1959 UK Ace paperback

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 7, 2024December 2, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace paperback, london fiction, peter cheyneyLeave a comment on 1959 UK Ace paperback

1957 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Art Sussman

1957 Avon reissue

cover art by Art Sussman

first published as Sinister Errand, Collins UK hardcover, 1945

Posted on October 10, 2024October 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, paperback, pulpTags art sussman, avon paperback, peter cheyneyLeave a comment on 1957 Avon reissue ~ cover art by Art Sussman

1943 Avon digest

Format ImagePosted on February 21, 2024December 27, 2023Categories digest, espionage fiction, mystery, pulpTags avon digest, murder mystery monthly, peter cheyney, spy fictionLeave a comment on 1943 Avon digest
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