The Continental Op-1927

From 'The Big Knockover' to the beginnings of the Poisonville stories, 1927 was a very important year for Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Op.

The Big Knockover was followed by the sequel $106,000 Blood Money. These two stories paved the way for Hammett's exploration of longer stories that led to novels. At the end of the year Hammett wrote The Cleansing of Poisonville and Crime Wanted – Male or Female. These two novelettes became the first two parts of his novel Red Harvest published in...