Dark Bahama
{{short description|1950 novel}}
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| name =Squa o' Bahama
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| caption = First edition
| author = Peter Cheyney
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| genre = Thriller
| publisher = William Collins, Sons
| release_date = 1950
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| media_type = Print
| pages = 256
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| preceded_by = You Can Call It a Day
| followed_by = Lady, Behave!
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Dark Bahama is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.Reilly p.300 It was the second in a trilogy featuring the private detective Johnny Vallon, a hard-drinking former army officer.James p.202 The story also features Quale, the head of British intelligence who appears on several other novels by Cheyney.Panek p.174 Much of the action takes place in a fictional island in the Bahamas and nearby Miami in Florida.Panek p.178
Synopsis
Johnny Vallon, head of Chennault Investigations, sends out one of his men to the West Indies to bring back a headstrong daughter of a wealthy family. However, things soon to be much more complex and treacherous as they first appear.
References
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Bibliography
- James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 21 Apr 2009.
- Panek, LeRoy. The Special Branch: The British Spy Novel, 1890-1980. Popular Press, 1981.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
Category:Novels by Peter Cheyney
Category:British thriller novels
Category:Novels set in the Bahamas
Category:William Collins, Sons books
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