| Dark Duet | |
| Author: | Peter Cheyney |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Spy Thriller |
| Publisher: | Collins (1942 UK) Dodd, Mead (1943 US) |
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| Followed By: | The Stars Are Dark |
Dark Duet is a 1942 spy thriller novel by the British writer Peter Cheyney.[1] Cheyney had become known for his hardboiled crime thrillers featuring Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan, but this novel was his first fully-fledged espionage novel.[2] The novel is set in wartime London, Lisbon and Ireland. It was published in the United States with the alternative title The Counterspy Murders.
Two British counter-intelligence officers track a network of German agents which they learn is based out of Dublin.[3]