Dark Duet

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Dark Duet
Dark Duet (novel).jpg
First edition (UK)
Author Peter Cheyney
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy Thriller
Publisher Collins (1942 UK)
Dodd, Mead (1943 US)
Media typePrint
Followed by The 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.

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Synopsis

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

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References

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

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