London's own hard-boiled detective.
Slim Callaghan is a fictional London-based private detective created by Cheyney as a British response to the more hardboiled detectives of American fiction such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe (also available as yellowbacks).
After making his debut in the 1938 novel The Urgent Hangman, he featured in six further novels and a number of short stories. The novels were all bestsellers. The character has also appeared in a variety of film, television, radio and stage adaptations. The novels enjoyed particular popularity in France where actor Tony Wright played Callaghan in three film adaptations.
Callaghan is Irish and "suave, handsome, resourceful, Mayfair-based private detective who operates out of an office in Berkeley Square where he frequently encounters attractive, but deceitful femmes fatale".
| ISBN: | 9789357311243 |
| Publication date: | 20th November 2025 |
| Author: | Peter Cheyney |
| Publisher: | Hachette India an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 728 pages |
| Series: | Yellowbacks |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Classic crime and mystery fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives |
London's own hard-boiled detective.
Slim Callaghan is a fictional London-based private detective created by Cheyney as a British response to the more hardboiled detectives of American fiction such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe (also available as yellowbacks).
After making his debut in the 1938 novel The Urgent Hangman, he featured in six further novels and a number of short stories. The novels were all bestsellers. The character has also appeared in a variety of film, television, radio and stage adaptations. The novels enjoyed particular popularity in France where actor Tony Wright played Callaghan in three film adaptations.
Callaghan is Irish and "suave, handsome, resourceful, Mayfair-based private detective who operates out of an office in Berkeley Square where he frequently encounters attractive, but deceitful femmes fatale".
The Slim Callaghan Omnibus features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
The Slim Callaghan Omnibus is available in Paperback
The Slim Callaghan Omnibus was written by Peter Cheyney and published by Hachette India an imprint of Little, Brown
The Slim Callaghan Omnibus has 728 pages
Yes it is part of Yellowbacks series
£17.09