You'd Be Surprised (novel)

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You'd Be Surprised
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1945 edition
Author Peter Cheyney
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Lemmy Caution
GenreThriller
Publisher William Collins, Sons
Publication date
1940
Media typePrint
Preceded by Don't Get Me Wrong  
Followed by Your Deal, My Lovely  

You'd Be Surprised is a 1940 thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney. [1] It is the sixth in his series of novels featuring the FBI agent Lemmy Caution. [2] Unlike several of the others it has not been adapted for film.

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References

  1. Server p.63
  2. Reilly p.300

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