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Three Dimes - a Continental Op Short Story

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Pages
4

Authors

Dashiell Hammett

Language
English

Published at
1/1/2017

Setting
San Francisco, California (United States)

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Three Dimes - a Continental Op Short Story(2017)

Dashiell Hammett

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The Goodreads introduction to "Death and Company" noted that the story was the last complete Continental Op short story. There is one more. But "Three Dimes" is incomplete, only a fragment is extant. It appears that Hammett abandoned it after about 1350 words, never to return. He left a few interesting notes as to how the story might progress but nothing on its conclusion.

It was first published in 2017 in "The Big Book of the Continental Op." About 90 years after experts believe it was written. The publishers even include the tantalizing notes.

In the story, Continental has been retained by McKay and MacLean, a stationery store on Market Street, to check on staff to see whether any were dipping into the till. The Op calls it a "Dinky little job." They visit the store every six months. This time the Op nails one of the salespeople. He had pocketed a sale of $0.30. Three dimes.

Any thoughts on how it might end?

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the story, "Three Dimes." Collections of short stories, and each of the other individual stories by the author, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. There are a total of 28 short stories plus one incomplete; they can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Continental Op Short Story."

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Three Dimes - a Continental Op Short Story(2017)

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