A hard bitten FBI detective is sent out to San Francisco to investigate a letter from a women who states she has serious information for the authorities.
On arrival Detective Lemmy Caution is met by a body and this segues into several confrontations with the city's underworld.
This was published in 1938, authored by a British writer which reads very much like what it is: a pulp story written in ersatz American (wiki).
The story is a not bad with the mystery being explained with a much used plot device ( much used now but it was original 80 years ago)
The only annoying thing with the book is the "ersatz American" vernacular. e.g " Listen, Terry, has this dame got you bulldozed? Why don't you keep your mind on your business an' when swell dolls get around just think of your wife".
This is the first of Cheyney's books I've read, he also has other series with British detectives, so he will be worth while tracking down and reading.
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