(With thanks to Didier Poiret)

After Edgard Wallace, and second perhaps only to Simenon, Peter Cheyney (1896-1951) was the great writer businessman of his age. The blurb below gives an example of how he was advertised in France  at the height of his fame.

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Peter Cheyney. Duel dans l’ombre [Dark duet..], adaptated by Michel Arnaud,  Paris, les Presses de la Cité, 1950,   Un mystère,  72