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Pages
256

Authors

Dashiell Hammett

Format
Paperback

Language
English

Published By
Orion

Published at
1/1/1929

Isbn13
9780752851808

Isbn10
0752851802

Setting
San Francisco Bay Area, California (United States)

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The Dain Curse(1929)

Dashiell Hammett

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Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently.

Is she the victim of a family curse? She believes so and has been reminded of the curse many times. The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous.

It's the Continental Op's most bizarre case.

Librarian's note #1: this entry relates to the novel 'The Dain Curse.' Collections, and other stories by Hammett can be found elsewhere on Goodreads.

Librarian's note #2: the two serialized novels are: 1. The Cleansing of Poisonville (which later became Red Harvest), and 2. The Dain Curse.

Librarian's note #3: there are a total of 28 Continental Op short stories plus one incomplete; they can be found by searching GR for: 'a Continental Op Short Story.' They are: 1. Arson Plus, 2. Crooked Souls, 3. Slippery Fingers, 4. It, 5. Bodies Piled Up, 6. The Tenth Clew, 7. Night Shots, 8. Zigzags of Treachery, 9. One Hour, 10. The House on Turk Street, 11. The Girl with the Silver Eyes, 12. Women, Politics & Murder, 13. The Golden Horseshoe, 14. Who Killed Bob Teal? 15. Mike or Alec or Rufus, 16. The Whosis Kid, 17. The Scorched Face, 18. Corkscrew, 19. Dead Yellow Women, 20. The Gutting of Couffignal, 21. Creeping Siamese, 22. The Big Knock-Over, 23. $106,000 Blood Money, 24. The Main Death, 25. This King Business, 26. Fly Paper, 27. The Farewell Murder, 28. Death and Company and, 29. Three Dimes (unfinished).

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The Dain Curse(1929)

Dashiell Hammett

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The Continental Op Series

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The Dain Curse

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The Return of the Continental Op

The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

Nightmare Town: Stories

Crime Stories and Other Writings

Blood Money

Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3

Creeping Siamese and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 1

Fly Paper and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 3

It and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 2

The Big Book of the Continental Op

The Creeping Siamese

The Giant Collection of the Continental Op

The Golden Horseshoe and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 1

The Main Death and This King Business: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 2

Who Killed Bob Teal? and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 2

Arson Plus - a Continental Op Short Story - #1

Corkscrew - a Continental Op Short Story - #18

Crooked Souls - a Continental Op Short Story - #2

Dead Yellow Women - a Continental Op Short Story - #19

Death and Company - a Continental Op Short Story

It - a Continental Op Short Story - #4

Mike or Alec or Rufus - a Continental Op Short Story - #15

Night Shots - a Continental Op Short Story - #7

One Hour - a Continental Op Short Story - #9

Slippery Fingers - a Continental Op Short Story - #3

The Farewell Murder - a Continental Op Short Story

The Girl with the Silver Eyes: A Tale of the Continental Op - a Continental Op Short Story

The Golden Horseshoe - a Continental Op Short Story - #13

The House in Turk Street - a Continental Op Short Story - #10

The Main Death - a Continental Op Short Story

The Scorched Face - a Continental Op Short Story - #17

The Tenth Clew - a Continental Op Short Story - #6

The Whosis Kid - a Continental Op Short Story - #16

This King Business - a Continental Op Short Story

Three Dimes - a Continental Op Short Story

Who Killed Bob Teal? - a Continental Op Short Story - #14

Women, Politics & Murder - a Continental Op Short Story - #12

Zigzags of Treachery - a Continental Op Short Story - #8

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More from Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon

The Thin Man

The Glass Key

The Continental Op Series

Red Harvest

The Dain Curse

The Continental Op

The Return of the Continental Op

The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels

Nightmare Town: Stories

Crime Stories and Other Writings

Blood Money

Corkscrew and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 3

Creeping Siamese and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 1

Fly Paper and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 3

It and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Early Years, Volume 2

The Big Book of the Continental Op

The Creeping Siamese

The Giant Collection of the Continental Op

The Golden Horseshoe and Other Stories: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Middle Years, Volume 1

The Main Death and This King Business: Collected Case Files of the Continental Op: The Later Years, Volume 2