The big book of the Continental Op /
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961,
The big book of the Continental Op / Continental Op Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett. - xiv, 733 pages ; 24 cm. - A Vintage crime/Black Lizard original . - Vintage crime/Black Lizard original. .
Twenty-eight stand-alone stories, two serialized novels, and the only known unfinished Continental Op tale. Two columns to the page.
Through mud and blood and death and deceit -- Arson plus ; Crooked souls ; Slippery fingers ; It ; Bodies piled up ; The tenth clew ; Night shots ; Zigzags of treachery ; One hour -- 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 -- The big knock-over ; $106,000 blood money ; The main death ; This king business ; Fly paper ; The farewell murder ; Death and company -- Three dimes -- The cleansing of Poisonville ; Crime wanted--male or female ; Dynamite ; The 19th murder ; Black lives ; The hollow temple ; Black honeymoon ; Black riddle. Foreword: section one: the Sutton years. Introduction: the Sutton years, 1923-1924 ; section two: the Cody years, 1924-1926. Introduction: the Cody years, 1924-1926 ; section three: the Shaw years. Introduction: the Shaw years, 1926-1930 ; Bonus: the unfinished Op. Commentary ; section four: the Continental Op novels. Introduction: The cleansing of Poisonville ; Introduction: The Dain curse ;
Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.
9780525432951 0525432957
Continental Op (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.
The big book of the Continental Op / Continental Op Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett. - xiv, 733 pages ; 24 cm. - A Vintage crime/Black Lizard original . - Vintage crime/Black Lizard original. .
Twenty-eight stand-alone stories, two serialized novels, and the only known unfinished Continental Op tale. Two columns to the page.
Through mud and blood and death and deceit -- Arson plus ; Crooked souls ; Slippery fingers ; It ; Bodies piled up ; The tenth clew ; Night shots ; Zigzags of treachery ; One hour -- 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 -- The big knock-over ; $106,000 blood money ; The main death ; This king business ; Fly paper ; The farewell murder ; Death and company -- Three dimes -- The cleansing of Poisonville ; Crime wanted--male or female ; Dynamite ; The 19th murder ; Black lives ; The hollow temple ; Black honeymoon ; Black riddle. Foreword: section one: the Sutton years. Introduction: the Sutton years, 1923-1924 ; section two: the Cody years, 1924-1926. Introduction: the Cody years, 1924-1926 ; section three: the Shaw years. Introduction: the Shaw years, 1926-1930 ; Bonus: the unfinished Op. Commentary ; section four: the Continental Op novels. Introduction: The cleansing of Poisonville ; Introduction: The Dain curse ;
Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.
9780525432951 0525432957
Continental Op (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.