Dashiell Hammett

When eight diamonds are stolen from a prominent San Francisco family, the Continental Op is called in to investigate. But the missing jewels aren’t the only thing out of the ordinary. The man who reported the burglary ends up dead, ostensibly a suicide. His daughter, one of the suspects, Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, has a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit...

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 investigator Nick...

A compilation of works by one of the most popular writers of American, hard-boiled crime fiction features the tough, antihero detective, the Continental Op, who narrates four linked stories and the novel, "The Dain Curse."

Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.

Short fictional works by the modern American writer explore the world of crime and violence, mysterious women, and hard-hitting private detectives.

In this fully casted audio dramatization, a beautiful damsel in distress hires San Francisco private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer to trail the man whom she thinks kidnapped her sister. When Archer is murdered on a stakeout, however, Spade is implicated in the crime. However, that is only the tip of the iceberg. As Spade digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a much greater mystery involving a valuable statue and an assortment of colorful...

Detective Sam Spade goes in search of a priceless statuette after the death of his partner.

The treasure of the Sierra Madre: Three men in search of gold in the Mexican hills find much more. The Maltese falcon: A detective searches for the man who killed his partner.