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Dark Duet

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Dark Duet
First edition (UK)
AuthorPeter Cheyney
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy Thriller
PublisherCollins (1942 UK)
Dodd, Mead (1943 US)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Stars Are Dark 

Dark Duet is a 1942 spy thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] 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.[2] 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

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Two British counter-intelligence officers track a network of German agents which they learn is based out of Dublin.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.300
  2. ^ Pankek p.174
  3. ^ Wark p.97

Bibliography

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  • 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.