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Now I'm a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find other jobs that would pay more...Now I pass up that twenty-five or thirty thousand of honest gain because I like being a detective, like the work. And liking work makes you want to do it as well as you can. Otherwise there'd be no sense to it. That's the fix I am in. I don't know anything else, don't enjoy anything else, don't want to know or enjo...

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Delve into the thrilling world of "The House Without a Key, " a captivating mystery novel by Earl Derr Biggers. This classic, set against the exotic backdrop of 1920s Hawaii, introduces readers to the charismatic detective Charlie Chan, a figure who would become iconic in the genre. The story begins with the mysterious murder of a wealthy tourist at a glamorous Hawaiian beach house, setting the stage for a tale of intrigue and suspense. As Cha...

Now I'm a detective because I happen to like the work. It pays me a fair salary, but I could find other jobs that would pay more...Now I pass up that twenty-five or thirty thousand of honest gain because I like being a detective, like the work. And liking work makes you want to do it as well as you can. Otherwise there'd be no sense to it. That's the fix I am in. I don't know anything else, don't enjoy anything else, don't want to know or enjo...

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Quite possibly the greatest author to appear in the pages of Black Mask magazine-Dashiell Hammett-is finally included in the authorized Black Mask Library. Hammett's influential Continental Op series set the editorial tone for Black Mask and all of the authors who would follow Hammett in that magazine. This Volume 1 collects the first ten stories of the Op, including the first two installments bylined as "Peter Collinson, " along with an all-n...

Dashiell Hammett (1894¿1961) was the author of numerous detective novels and short stories. Many of his books were adapted for film, most notably The Maltese Falcon.

Ex-Detektiv Nick Charles und seine wohlhabende Frau Nora, deren Vermögen Charles verwaltet, wollen mit ihrer Schnauzerhündin Asta die Weihnachtstage in New York verbringen, genießen Glamour und Wohlstand, gehen ins Theater und lassen sich vom Zimmerservice verwöhnen. Bis der Anwalt eines früheren Klienten Charles kontaktiert: Der namhafte Erfinder Clyde Miller Wynant scheint vom Erdboden verschluckt, und nun wurde seine Privatsekretärin erscho...

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A coolly gleaming jewel of detective fiction from one of the greatest mystery authors of all time that has plagued three generations of readers. This is a prize worth dying for. Sam Spade is a grizzled private investigator with his own set of rules. Joel Cairo, a perfumed grafter, Gutman, an obese man, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and deceitful lady whose loyalties turn on a dime. Dashiell Hammett's classic, influential, and beloved T...

A collection of some of the finest stories from Dashiell Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon.

A coolly gleaming jewel of detective fiction from one of the greatest mystery authors of all time that has plagued three generations of readers. This is a prize worth dying for. Sam Spade is a grizzled private investigator with his own set of rules. Joel Cairo, a perfumed grafter, Gutman, an obese man, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and deceitful lady whose loyalties turn on a dime. Dashiell Hammett's classic, influential, and beloved ...

A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O'Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients...

Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Hammett brought back his classic characters, retired private investiga...

Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Hammett brought back his classic characters, retired private investiga...

Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Hammett brought back his classic characters, retired private investiga...

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