Hammett, Dashiell 1894-1961

The Maltese falcon by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
359 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 24 languages and held by 4,143 libraries worldwide
A murder involves Sam Spade in a dangerous search for a valuable statue.

The thin man by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
166 editions published between 1932 and 2011 in 19 languages and held by 1,976 libraries worldwide
Nick Charles searches for a wealthy inventor who is the prime suspect in a New York City murder case.

Complete novels: Red harvest ; The Dain curse ; The Maltese falcon ; The glass key ; The thin man by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
12 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 1,880 libraries worldwide
Presents five novels by Dashiell Hamilton, all published between 1929 and 1934.

The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
76 editions published between 1930 and 2007 in 12 languages and held by 1,649 libraries worldwide
A collection of stories about Hammett's famous detective.

Crime stories and other writings by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
11 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 1,601 libraries worldwide
In the stories and novellas he wrote for Black Mask and other pulp magazines in the 1920s and 1930s, Dashiell Hammett took the detective story and turned it into a medium for capturing the jarring textures and revved-up cadences of modern American life. In this volume, The Library of America collects the finest of these stories: 24 in all, along with some revealing essays and an earlier version of his novel The Thin Man. Mixing melodramatic panache and poker-faced comedy, a sensitivity to place and a perceptive grasp of social conflict, Hammett's stories are hard-edged entertainments for an era of headlong change and extravagant violence. For the heroic sagas of earlier eras Hammett substituted the up-tempo, devious, sometimes nearly nihilistic exploits of con men and blackmailers, fake spiritualists and thieving politicians, slumming socialites and deadpan assassins. As a guide through this underworld he created the Continental Op, the nameless, laconic detective, world-weary and unblinking, who serves as protagonist of most of these stories. The deliberately unheroic Op is separated only by his code of professionalism from the brutality and corruption that run rampant in stories such as "Zigzags of Treachery," "Dead Yellow Women," "Fly Paper," and "106,000 Blood Money." Hammett's years of experience as a Pinkerton detective give even his most outlandishly plotted mysteries a gritty credibility, and his intimate knowledge of San Francisco made him the perfect chronicler of that city's waterfronts, back alleys, police stations, and luxury hotels. By connecting crime fiction to the realities of American streets and American speech, his Black Mask stories opened up new vistas for generations of writers and readers. In the most comprehensive collection of his stories ever published, read the Hammett you've never read: reprinted here for the first time are the texts that originally appeared in the 1920's & 1930's pulps, without the cuts & revisions introduced by later editors. Also included are revealing essays & an early version of the novel The Thin Man.

Novels by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
5 editions published between 1965 and 1973 in English and held by 1,591 libraries worldwide

Woman in the dark : a novel of dangerous romance by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
38 editions published between 1933 and 1998 in 11 languages and held by 1,510 libraries worldwide
A hurt and frightened woman, pursued by mysterious, menacing strangers, is taken in by a couple in an isolated house.

The glass key by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
136 editions published between 1931 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 1,358 libraries worldwide
Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him?

Another thin man ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1936 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,299 libraries worldwide
"Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick & Nora Charles. And now there's a new hood: parenthood."--Container.

Red harvest by Dashiell Hammett ( Book )
130 editions published between 1929 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 1,258 libraries worldwide
When a hard-fighting detective arrives in Personville and finds that his client has been murdered, he decides to investigate local gangland activities.