The Dain Curse: No.27 (CRIME MASTERWORKS) - Softcover

Hammett, Dashiell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752851802 ISBN 13: 9780752851808

Publisher: Orion, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' The Times

About the Author:

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland and worked in a number of menial jobs until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes RED HARVEST, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GLASS KEY, THE THIN MAN and some eighty short stories, mostly published in BLACK MASK magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0752851802
• ISBN 13: 9780752851808
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256