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| Author | Peter Cheyney |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Slim Callaghan |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Sorry You've Been Troubled |
| Followed by | Uneasy Terms |
They Never Say When is a 1944 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. [1] It is the sixth in his series of novels featuring the London private detective Slim Callaghan, a British version of the increasingly popular hardboiled American detectives.
Callaghan is hired by a Mrs Paula Denys who claims that she paid a to steal a priceless coronet from her husband's safe. Now he refuses to hand over the stolen and is instead trying to blackmail her.
- ^ Reilly p.300
- Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 1. Salem Press, 1988.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
- Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
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