by Peter Cheyney · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432086335
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«Cinco perfumes y un crimen» is the crime novel by Peter Cheyney, published by Planeta in paperback in 1985, with 243 pages in Spanish.
Vallon, head of staff at the Chennault detective agency, refuses to accept the death of Chennault, his boss and friend. Unable to prove it was murder, he investigates on his own a possible blackmail case with five perfumes as clues, a cigarette butt of dubious origin, and women involved: a hasty widow, a divorcee, and the beautiful Evangelina.
Part of the Bestseller collection. Serie Negra, number 23. Translated by José María Claramunda; original title: You Can Call It a Day.
For fans of classic crime and detective fiction, with a private investigation full of secrets, blackmail, and suspicious women.
Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney was a British crime fiction writer who flourished between 1936 and 1951. Cheyney is perhaps best known for his short stories and novels about agent/detective Lemmy Caution, which, starting in 1953, were adapted into a series of French movies, all starring Eddie Constantine. Another popular creation was the private detective Slim Callaghan who also appeared in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations.
