| Author: | Dashiell Hammett | ISBN: | 9780307767479 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | February 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dashiell Hammett |
| ISBN: | 9780307767479 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | February 23, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
| Language: | English |
Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
