The Continental Op -1923

by Dashiell Hammett

Overview

Herein are the first five Continental Op stories, written in 1923 by Dashiell Hammett and published in The Black Mask magazine.

Written in first person, these are the stories of an unnamed operative for the Continental Detective Agency. The operative deals with the gamut of human crime and cruelty.

Arson Plus (1923)
Crooked Souls (1923)
Slippery Fingers (1923)
It (1923)
Bodies Piled Up (1923)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162706793
Publisher:	PulpFictionBook.Store
Publication date:	11/27/2020
Series:	The Continental Op , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

In his obituary in The New York Times, Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) was described as “the dean of the… ‘hard-boiled’ school of detective fiction.”

Hammett is remembered for writing some of the seminal novels of crime fiction: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Thin Man, and The Maltese Falcon.

Date of Birth:

May 27, 1894

Date of Death:

January 10, 1961

Place of Birth:

St. Mary, Maryland

Place of Death:

New York

Education:

Baltimore Polytechnic Institute