This man is dangerous
A Lemmy Caution Thriller

The original Lemmy Caution detective novel, before he moved to Alphaville per se. Full of antiquated and bonkers expressions - every lady is a Dame, he does a lot of "gum-shoeing" and drinking highballs, and people are always telling Lemmy to "act your age." This first line from Chapter XI pretty mu......more

Someone said that the work of Cheyney made Spillane's writing seem like Proust. I beg to differ. Cheyney makes Spillane's writing seem like the work of God. It's just that terrible. Characters flatter than a sheet of graphene. A plot that reminds of how our perception of time is relative; a few para......more

Lemmy Caution is like an old friend of the family for me. I have been watching the old french B-series, movies with Eddie Constantine all my life. My familiarity with the character as made me enjoy the book more than I probably should have. The first person point of view (of Lemmy) was very endearin......more

Peter Cheyney hones his skills in the first Lemmy Caution novel. He warms up the wise-cracking, dame loving clever dick (or should that be G-Man) and spins a decent yarn. This is just a start to the series and is by no means a must read, especially if you have read the later and better novels but it......more

Ho trovato questo classico del giallo tra i libri disponibili su Liber Liber. A causa della distrazione e di una curiosa assonanza tra i temi trattati, lo avevo associato a Nemico pubblico, il bellissimo film con James Cagney, colonna portante del gangster movie. Malgrado l'errore, il libro si è rive......more