The Dain Curse

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & True Crime, Crime & Thrillers

Dashiell Hammett (author)

Paperback Published on: 02/02/2012

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Synopsis

'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES

Miss Gabriel 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? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous.

This is the Continental Op's most bizarre case and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409138051
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 225g
Dimensions: 198 x 133 x 20 mm

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My father was a big fan of hammett and American hard boiled detective fiction. I prefer English crime really but as I'm a big fan of the thin man movies I ... READ MORE

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