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

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Pages
10

Authors

Dashiell Hammett

Language
English

Published at
11/1/1924

Setting
San Francisco, California (United States)

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Who Killed Bob Teal? - a Continental Op Short Story - #14(1924)

Dashiell Hammett

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A classic mystery from Dashiell Hammett.

Black Mask mystery and detective crime magazine carried the story in November 1924. They introduced it this way: "Operative Teal went out to shadow a thief, who didn't even know he was suspected. Seven hours after Teal left his agency's office, he was found dead - shot to death. Whose hand cut him down?"

Amusingly, the magazine credited the author on the title page as, "Dashiell Hammett of the Continental Detective Agency," which of course is fictitious! Before becoming a writer, he did work for Pinkerton's.

Librarian's note #1: this entry is for the story, Arson Plus. Entries for collections of short stories and the other individual stories can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. There are a total of 28 short stories plus one incomplete; they can all be found by searching Goodreads for: a Continental Op Short Story.

Librarian's note #2: there are also two Continental Op novels, Red Harvest (also known as The Cleansing of Poisonville), and The Dain Curse.

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Who Killed Bob Teal? - a Continental Op Short Story - #14(1924)

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