You Can Always Duck is a 1943 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] It is the ninth in his series of novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution.[2] The action takes place in wartime London where Caution is on the trail of a gang of black marketeers who have got mixed up in espionage. It was one of a number of films and novels of the period that made use of the booming black market for their setting.[3]
 First edition | |
| Author | Peter Cheyney |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lemmy Caution |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons |
Publication date | 1943 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Preceded by | Never a Dull Moment |
| Followed by | I'll Say She Does |
References
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- Pitts, Michael R. Famous Movie Detectives. Scarecrow Press, 1979.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
- Roodhouse, Mark. Black Market Britain: 1939-1955. OUP Oxford, 2013.
- Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
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