''Never a Dull Moment'' is a 1942
thriller novel
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. S ...
by the British writer
Peter Cheyney
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy C ...
. It is the eight in his series of novels featuring the
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
agent
Lemmy Caution
Lemmy Caution is a fictional character created by British writer Peter Cheyney (1896–1951). Caution was first portrayed as a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, and in later stories as a private detective. Cheyney's first book with the ...
.
[Reilly p.300] Cheyney had become known for his
hardboiled
Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction). The genre's typical protagonist is a detective who battles the violence o ...
style, similar to that of
Raymond Chandler.
Synopsis
When an American woman is kidnapped and taken to England, supposedly by two mobsters, Lemmy Caution is hot on their trail. Soon it appears there is more to the kidnapping than at first meets the eye.
References
Bibliography
* James, Russell. ''Great British Fictional Detectives''. Remember When, 21 Apr 2009.
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Famous Movie Detectives''. Scarecrow Press, 1979.
* Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015.
* Server, Lee. ''Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers''. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
1942 British novels
Novels by Peter Cheyney
British thriller novels
Novels set in London
British crime novels
William Collins, Sons books
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