The Dain Curse
Miss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently. Is she the victim of a family curse? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private...
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Miss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently. Is she the victim of a family curse? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous. This is the Continental Op's most bizarre case.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780752851808 (0752851802)
Publish date: December 5th 2002
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
American,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Hard Boiled
Series: The Continental Op (#2)
(Original Review, 1981-03-08)"We don't do it that way...You're a storywriter. I can't trust you not to build up on what I tell you. I'll save mine till after you've spoken your piece, so yours won't be twisted to fit mine."In “The Dain Curse” by Dashiell Hammett"'Are you -- who make your living snoo...
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robably Hammett's weakest novel, it's very disjointed. Still a fun read.
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