Dark Duet

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| genre = Spy Thriller

| publisher = Collins (1942 UK)
Dodd, Mead (1943 US)

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Dark Duet is a 1942 spy thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.Reilly p.300 Cheyney had become known for his hardboiled crime thrillers featuring Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan, but this novel was his first fully-fledged espionage novel.Pankek p.174 The novel is set in wartime London, Lisbon and Ireland. It was published in the United States with the alternative title The Counterspy Murders.

Synopsis

Two British counter-intelligence officers track a network of German agents which they learn is based out of Dublin.Wark p.97

References

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Bibliography

  • Panek, LeRoy. The Special Branch: The British Spy Novel, 1890-1980. Popular Press, 1981.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Wark, Wesley K. Spy Fiction, Spy Films and Real Intelligence. Routledge, 2013.

Category:1942 British novels

Category:Novels by Peter Cheyney

Category:British thriller novels

Category:British spy novels

Category:Novels set in London

Category:Novels set in Lisbon

Category:Novels set in Ireland

Category:William Collins, Sons books

Category:Novels set during World War II

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