The Thin Man
The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora, New York's coolest crime-solving couple. Nick retired from detecting when his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick's client....
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The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora, New York's coolest crime-solving couple. Nick retired from detecting when his wife inherited a tidy sum, but six years later a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick's client. Nick can no more resist the case than a morning cocktail or a good fight, and soon he and Nora are caught in a complicated web of confused identities and cold-blooded murder. William Dufris' inspired performance brilliantly captures the edgy panache of 1930s New York.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780679722632
Publish date: 28-07-1989
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Edition language: English
I will freely admit that part of why I read this book was that I enjoyed what I have seen of the movie so much. I actually didn't get to watch all of it, as I caught it on Turner Classic Movies after it started and wasn't able to watch the whole movie. I made a note that I wanted to read the book a...
Best dialog mechanics I've ever seen. I love William Powell to death, of course, but the Nick Charles in the book is a total bad-ass! Was a fantastic read.
Nick Charles was a detective in his prior life but life has changed for him. He is now a businessman, a wealthy one at that, and a married man. He and his wife, Nora, came to New York, his old neighbourhood, for a holiday but he became involved with a murder mystery.Overall, a terrific mystery nov...
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