Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery

"Delivers the goods on Hammett, in brief. . . . An entertaining and informative read.” —Library Journal

Dashiell Hammett: Man of Mystery is the first new biography in thirty years on the man who changed the face of crime fiction. In five novels published over five years as well as a string of stories, he transformed the mystery genre into literature and invented the modern crime novel. He created the figure of the hard-boiled detective, from the Continental Op to Sam Spade—immortalized on fi...