The Continental Op
An advance edition of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 features fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carole Bugge, Ron Goulart, Marc Bilgrey, Edward D. Hoch, Hal Blythe, and Jean Paiva. Features by Kim Newman, Lenny Picker, Mrs Hudson, and Marvin Kaye.
An advance edition of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #1 features fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carole Bugge, Ron Goulart, Marc Bilgrey, Edward D. Hoch, Hal Blythe, and Jean Paiva. Features by Kim Newman, Lenny Picker, Mrs Hudson, and Marvin Kaye.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679740957 (0679740953)
Publish date: 1974
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
20th Century,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Short Stories,
Hard Boiled
Series: The Continental Op
(Original review, 1981-03-01)Hammett made no secret of Hammett’s wider (I suppose "wider" will do) literary ambitions, or that he earned his living writing a particular kind of story long after he'd have preferred to write something else. What I don't know is how and especially when he picked up his...
The Continental Op is a collection of short stories starring Dashiell Hammett's detective character, The Continental Op. Here are just some of the tales contained within.The Tenth Clew: Millionaire Leopold Gantvoort is found dead and signs point to the mysterious Emil Bonfils. But what of the mor...
The first Hammett I ever read. Some of his best stories, and about his greatest creation.