''Lady, Behave!'' is a 1950

thriller novel Thriller is a genre of fiction with numerous, often overlapping, subgenres, including crime, horror, and detective fiction. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving their audiences heightened feelings of suspe ...

by the British writer

Peter Cheyney Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse-Cheyney (22 February 1896 – 26 June 1951) 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 C ...

. It was the third part in a trilogy featuring Johnny Vallon, a hard-drinking former army officer now working as a

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.James p.202

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* James, Russell. ''Great British Fictional Detectives''. Remember When, 21 Apr 2009. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. 1950 British novels Novels by Peter Cheyney British thriller novels Novels set in London William Collins, Sons books {{1950s-thriller-novel-stub