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The Big Book of the Continental Op

Dashiell Hammett
The Big Book of the Continental Op Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525432951

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The Big Book of the Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

Now for the first time ever in one volume, all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring the Continental Op—one of the greatest characters in storied history of detective fiction. Dashiell Hammett is the father of modern hard-boiled detective stories. His legendary works have been lauded for almost one hundred years by fans, and his novel The Maltese Falcon was adapted into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart. One of Dashiell Hammett's most memorable characters, the Continental Op made his debut in Black Mask magazine on October 1, 1923, narrating the first of twenty-eight stories and two novels that would change forever the face of detective fiction. The Op is a tough, wry, unglamorous gumshoe who has inspired a following that is both global and enduring. He has been published in periodicals, paperback digests, and short story collections, but until now, he has never, in all his ninety-two years, had the whole of his exploits contained in one book. The book features all twenty-eight of the original standalone Continental Op stories, the original serialized versions of Red Harvest and The Dain Curse, and previously unpublished material. This anthology of Continental Op stories is the only complete, one-volume work of its kind.

The Continental Op -1924

Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op 1924 Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : www.PulpFictionBook.Store
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Continental Op -1924 by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

The nine Continental Op stories written by Dashiell Hammett in 1924. The Tenth Clew – There were enough clews in this crime to give Mr. Hammett’s nameless detective a year or so of work. But solving a mystery in that length of time didn’t appeal to him. He wanted faster action—and he got it in good measure. So will you if you begin this entertaining novelette. I “Do you know. . . Emil Bonfils?” II “That’s Something!” III “A sleek kitten that dame!” IV “Maybe that ain’t so foolish!” V “Meet Mr. Smith” VI “Those damned horns!” VII “You have a lot of fun, don’t you?” VIII “I hope you swing!” Night Shots Zigzags of Treachery -A twelve chapter novella. One Hour – A three chapter novelette The House In Turk Street – We wouldn’t consider an issue complete without one of Mr. Hammett’s stories in it, and after you’ve read this tale, you’ll understand why. The Girl With The Silver Eyes – Mr. Hammett has written some lively and unusual tales about his realistic detective from the Continental Detective Agency, whose name has never been disclosed; but for action, shrewd detective-work, sheer interest, and surprise, his latest, herewith, surpasses them all.” A nineteen chapter novella. Death On Pine Street The Golden Horseshoe – In our recent voting contest for favorite Black Mask authors, Dashiell Hammett received thousands of votes because of his series of stories of the adventures of his San Francisco detective. He has created one of the most convincing and realistic characters in all detective fiction. The story, herewith, is one of his best to date. We know you’ll enjoy it to the last word.” A nine chapter novelette. Who Killed Bob Teal? – Operative Teal went out to shadow a thief, who didn’t even know he was suspected. Seven hours after Teal left his agency’s office, he was found—shot to death. Whose hand cut him down?”

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett
Red Harvest Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307767486

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Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

The steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.

The Continental Op

Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409195764

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The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

'He is master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer' Boston Globe Dashiell Hammett is the true inventor of modern detective fiction and the creator of the private eye, the isolated hero in a world where treachery is the norm. THE CONTINENTAL OP was his great first contribution to the genre and these seven stories, which first appeared in the magazine Black Mask, are the best examples of Hammett's early writing, in which his formidable literary and moral imagination is already operating at full strength. THE CONTINENAL OP is the dispassionate fat man working for the Continental Detective Agency, modelled on the Pinkerton Agency, whose only interest is in doing his job in a world of violence, passion, desperate action and great excitement.

The Dain Curse

Dashiell Hammett
The Dain Curse Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307767479

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The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

When eight diamonds are stolen from a prominent San Francisco family, the Continental Op is called in to investigate. But the missing jewels aren’t the only thing out of the ordinary. The man who reported the burglary ends up dead, ostensibly a suicide. His daughter, one of the suspects, Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, has a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying. Might Gabrielle be the victim of an arcane family curse? Or is the truth about her stranger and even more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op’s most bizarre cases and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.

The Big Knockover

Dashiell Hammett
The Big Knockover Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1989-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679722595

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The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover the jobs entail taking on a gang of modern-day freebooters, a vice-ridden hell's acre in the Arizona desert, and the bank job to end all bank jobs, along with such assorted grifters as Babe McCloor, Bluepoint Vance, Alphabet Shorty McCoy, and the Dis-and-Dat Kid.

Nightmare Town

Dashiell Hammett
Nightmare Town Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307767448

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Nightmare Town by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

Twenty long-unavailable stories by Dashiell Hammett, the author of The Maltese Falcon and the incomparable master of detective fiction. In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story "Ruffian's Wife." "His Brother's Keeper" is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the brother who betrayed him. "The Second-Story Angel" recounts one of the most novel cons ever devised. In seven stories, the tough and taciturn Continental Op takes on a motley collection of the deceitful, the duped, and the dead, and once again shows his uncanny ability to get at the truth. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. And the first study for The Thin Man sends John Guild on a murder investigation in which almost every witness may be lying. In Nightmare Town, Dashiell Hammett, America's poet laureate of the dispossessed, shows us a world where people confront a multitude of evils. Whether they are trying to right wrongs or just trying to survive, all of them are rendered with Hammett's signature gifts for sharp-edged characters and blunt dialogue. Hammett said that his ambition was to elevate mystery fiction to the level of art. This collection of masterful stories clearly illustrates Hammett's success, and shows the remarkable range and variety of the fiction he produced.

The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories

Otto Penzler
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories Book PDF

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307808257

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The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories by Otto Penzler Pdf

An unstoppable anthology of crime stories culled from Black Mask magazine the legendary publication that turned a pulp phenomenon into literary mainstream. Black Mask was the apotheosis of noir. It was the magazine where the first hardboiled detective story, which was written by Carroll John Daly appeared. It was the slum in which such American literary titans like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler got their start, and it was the home of stories with titles like “Murder Is Bad Luck,” “Ten Carets of Lead,” and “Drop Dead Twice.” Collected here is best of the best, the hardest of the hardboiled, and the darkest of the dark of America’s finest crime fiction. This masterpiece collection represents a high watermark of America’s underbelly. Crime writing gets no better than this. Featuring • Deadly Diamonds • Dancing Rats • A Prize Fighter Fighting for His Life • A Parrot that Wouldn’t Talk Including • Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon as it was originally published • Lester Dent's Luck in print for the first time

Shadow Man

Richard Layman
Shadow Man Book PDF

Author : Richard Layman
Publisher : Manly
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0897230523

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Shadow Man by Richard Layman Pdf

The legend of Dashiell Hammett, the former Pinkerton detective who reinvented the mystery story in five books written between 1929 and 1934, is carefully examined here by Richard Layman in a meticulously factual account of all that is likely to be known about the real "Continental Op." This unsentimental account of Hammett from his rural Maryland youth through the Pinkerton years in San Francisco, fame as a novelist, notoriety as a Hollywood screen writer, imprisonment as an uncooperative McCarthy committee witness, and an obscure death in 1961 highlights the facts while accenting the shadow on which the legend would be built. Book jacket.

Blood Money

Dashiell Hammett
Blood Money Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443424707

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Blood Money by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

This collection features two of Dashiell Hammett’s best-known short stories “The Big Knockover,” and “$106,000 Blood Money” together, as they were meant to be read. In these connected stories, the Continental Op faces down an unprecedented influx of criminals into his native San Francisco, as the horde plans to collect a big payday by robbing two banks simultaneously, and then must hunt down the mastermind responsible for this elaborate crime spree. “The Big Knockover” witnesses the return of Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled detective character known only as The Continental Op. One of the earliest characters in the world of detective fiction, The Op paved the way for similar private eyes like Hammett’s own Sam Spade and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. The Op, however, had a personality all his own—uncompassionate, gruff, and stocky—and was never the prototypical heroic protagonist. He was, however the perfect fit for the genre in the early days of the hardboiled detective genre. HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

The Dain Curse

Dashiell Hammett
The Dain Curse Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547197409

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The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Dain Curse" by Dashiell Hammett. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Glass Key

Dashiell Hammett
The Glass Key Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066372835

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The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

'The Glass Key' by Dashiell Hammett is a gripping tale of loyalty, betrayal, and political intrigue. Ned Beaumont, a trusted advisor to the powerful political boss Paul Madvig, becomes entangled in a murder investigation when he discovers the body of a senator's son. As Ned delves deeper into the case, he faces danger, deceit, and a web of secrets that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. With unexpected alliances and shocking revelations, Ned must navigate a treacherous world to uncover the truth and bring justice to those responsible.

The Girl with the Silver Eyes

Willo Davis Roberts
The Girl with the Silver Eyes Book PDF

Author : Willo Davis Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534421325

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The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts Pdf

“There’s something strange about that kid.” At least that’s what everyone says, but they don’t know the truth. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, this classic novel continues to enthrall. Katie Welker is used to being alone. She would rather read a book than deal with other people. Other people don’t have silver eyes. Other people can’t make things happen just by thinking about them! But these special powers make Katie unusual, and it’s hard to make friends when you’re unusual. Katie knows that she’s different but she’s never done anything to hurt anyone so why is everyone afraid of her? Maybe there are other kids out there who have the same silver eyes…and the same talents…and maybe they’ll be willing to help her.

Woman in the Dark

Dashiell Hammett
Woman in the Dark Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667660134

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Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

On a dark night a young woman seeks refuge at an isolated house. She is hurt and frightened. The man and woman who live there take her in. But their decency is utterly unequipped to deal with the Woman in the Dark, or with the designs of the men who want her.

The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man Book PDF

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781667621111

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The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett Pdf

The Thin Man (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, made famouos by the series of movies based on it starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. The story is set in New York City during the Christmas season of 1932, in the last days of Prohibition in the United States. Nick Charles, a retired private detective, and Nora, his socialite wife, become embroiled in a mystery.