All sorts and conditions of ladies and gentlemen found their way into the expensively furnished, well-appointed Ventura Club. You could get anything you liked there if you knew how to ask for it.

Slim Callaghan is called to Devonshire to investigate a burglary at Margraud Manor, where valuable jewels - heirlooms of the Vendayne family insured for £100,000 - have disappeared.

With his assistant, Windemere Nikolls, he discovers some startling facts - particularly about the lovely Esme Vendayne - and the mystery leads Callaghan to a shady London nightclub and a violent underworld.

You Can''t Keep The Change was originally published in 1940.

''Peter Cheyney is the Damon Runyon of crime'' The Times

''Slim Callaghan''s quick wit and knowledge of rough and tumble place him in the top ranks of private eyes. What a man!'' New York Times