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1) The thin man
3) Red harvest
It should have been a straightforward investigation: eight diamonds stolen from a prominent San Francisco family. But for the Continental Op, or the Op, as the detective summoned to the case is known, nothing is ever as simple...
The Dashiell Hammett Megapack collects 20 early and rare stories by the famous mystery writer, plus one poem. Included in this volume are:
AFRAID OF A GUN
ARSON PLUS
THE NEW RACKET
BODIES PILED UP
DEATH ON PINE STREET
THE MAN WHO KILLED DAN ODAMS
MIKE, ALEC, OR RUFUS
NIGHT SHOTS
NIGHTMARE TOWN
ONE HOUR
THE ROAD HOME
RUFFIAN'S WIFE
THE SECOND-STORY ANGEL
THE TENTH CLUE
WHO KILLED BOB TEAL?
ZIGZAGS OF TREACHERY
THE
...Steely. Seasoned. Smart-alecky. The storied San Francisco snooper is back! Share the exciting exploits of Dashiell Hammett's famous gumshoe through this thrilling 6-hour collection. Howard Duff and Steve Dunne star as Sam Spade in twelve madcap capers from 1946 - 1951.
As crass as he is charismatic, this dynamic detective attracts a curious clientele: gentlemen who tend to drop dead and ladies who are drop-dead gorgeous. Each case leads our wise-cracking
...The Detective Megapack presents 30 choice mysteries, spanning the Victorian age through modern times. From Dashiell Hammet to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from Vincent Starrett to Johnston McCulley—there is something for every fan of detective tales!
ARSON PLUS, by Dashiell Hammett
IT TORE THE LAUGH FROM MY THROAT, by Meriah L. Crawford
THE TAGGART ASSIGNMENT, by Vincent Starrett
TOMORROW'S DEAD, by David Dean
THE FLAMING PHANTOM,
...11) The glass key
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? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing
..."Now I'm a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find other jobs that would pay more...Now I pass up that twenty-five or thirty thousand of honest gain because I like being a detective, like the work. And liking work makes you want to do it as well as you can. Otherwise there'd be no sense to it. That's the fix I am in. I don't know anything else, don't enjoy anything else, don't want to know or enjoy
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