TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hammett,Dashiell
AU  - Layman,Richard
AU  - Rivett,Julie M.
AU  - Hammett,Dashiell
AU  - Hammett,Dashiell
TI  - The big book of the Continental Op
T2  - A Vintage crime/Black Lizard original
SN  - 9780525432951
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
KW  - Continental Op (Fictitious character)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Private investigators
KW  - San Francisco (Calif.)
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Short stories
N1  - Twenty-eight stand-alone stories, two serialized novels, and the only known unfinished Continental Op tale; Two columns to the page; 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
N2  - Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code
ER  -