Lemmy Caution Series

Oklahoma Police Headquarters calling all cruisers, all Highway Police. Look out for Lemmy Caution who has today broken jail at Oklahoma City, after killing a guard and Deputy Sheriff. Last seen proceeding in the direction of the State line near Tahlequah. Is probably proceeding to Joplin. Be careful. This man is dangerous! He is driving a dark green Ford V. 8 Sedan, with the near side driving window broken. The car is carrying Missouri State plates but these will probably be changed. Caution is armed. He is a killer. Caution was serving a twenty years' sentence for the shooting of an Oklahoma State policeman last year. Oklahoma Police Headquarters calling all police cruisers, all Highway Police. Look out for this man. Warn garages between Tulsa and Tahlequah that he will probably need gas. Go get him boys! Go get him boys!  * * *  A thriller with Peter Cheyney’s popular detective Lemmy Caution. This is the first in a series of ten novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. A bestseller that enabled Cheyney to become a full-time novelist.

In a world where shadows loom larger than life, Slim Callaghan, private detective, finds himself ensnared in a web more tangled than any he's encountered before. "They Never Say When" thrusts Callaghan into the murky depths of deception and greed, courtesy of a client whose allure is as dangerous as the secret she harbours. When Mrs. Paula Denys walks into his office, her request is anything but ordinary: she's paid a man to steal the priceless Denys Coronet from her own husband's safe, but the deal has soured into blackmail. Callaghan, with his unshakable resolve, takes on the case, stepping into a quagmire of treachery that tests even his seasoned instincts. As Callaghan unravels the twisted skein, securing the coronet for his client, he's blindsided by the realisation that Mrs. Denys's intentions might be far from innocent. Suddenly, the hunter becomes the hunted in a game of cat and mouse that could cost Callaghan more than he's willing to pay. Determined to uncover the truth, Callaghan plunges deeper, but in the shadows of a case that's dubious even by his standards, one question looms: will his insatiable curiosity be his downfall? Set against the backdrop of 1944, They Never Say When is a classic tale of intrigue and suspense that harks back to the golden age of detective fiction. With every turn of the page, Slim Callaghan reminds us that in the gritty underbelly of crime and betrayal, they never say when the game is up.