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Genre/Form: | Short stories Mystery fiction Detective and mystery fiction Fiction Mystery and detective fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Dashiell Hammett; Richard Layman; Julie M Rivett |
ISBN: | 9780525432951 0525432957 |
OCLC Number: | 975084008 |
Notes: | Twenty-eight stand-alone stories, two serialized novels, and the only known unfinished Continental Op tale. Two columns to the page. |
Description: | xiv, 733 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Foreword: Through mud and blood and death and deceit -- section one: the Sutton years. Introduction: the Sutton years, 1923-1924 ; Arson plus ; Crooked souls ; Slippery fingers ; It ; Bodies piled up ; The tenth clew ; Night shots ; Zigzags of treachery ; One hour -- section two: the Cody years, 1924-1926. Introduction: the Cody years, 1924-1926 ; The house in Turk Street ; The girl with the silver eyes ; Women, politics & murder ; The golden horseshoe ; Who killed Bob Teal? ; Mike or Alec or Rufus ; The Whosis Kid ; The scorched face ; Corkscrew ; Dead yellow women ; The gutting of Couffignal ; Creeping Siamese -- section three: the Shaw years. Introduction: the Shaw years, 1926-1930 ; The big knock-over ; $106,000 blood money ; The main death ; This king business ; Fly paper ; The farewell murder ; Death and company -- Bonus: the unfinished Op. Commentary ; Three dimes -- section four: the Continental Op novels. Introduction: The cleansing of Poisonville ; The cleansing of Poisonville ; Crime wanted -- male or female ; Dynamite ; The 19th murder ; Introduction: The Dain curse ; Black lives ; The hollow temple ; Black honeymoon ; Black riddle. |
Series Title: | Vintage crime/Black Lizard original. |
Other Titles: | Works. Continental Op |
Responsibility: | Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett. |
Abstract:
Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.
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