Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

ISBN 10: 0241962528 / ISBN 13: 9780241962527

Published by Penguin, 2012

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Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136. T. 2012. 01st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # 9780241962527

Bibliographic Details

Title: Thin Man

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

'When I opened my eyes and sat up in bed Nora was shaking me and a man with a gun in his hand was standing in the bedroom doorway.'

Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Clyde Miller Wynant, Julia's lover and boss, has disappeared. Everyone is after him, but Nick is not convinced Wynant is the murderer - and when he finds a junked-up hoodlum with a careless attitude to guns in his bedroom, it's only the beginning of his troubles.

Review:

Harsh lights and romantic black shadows: this is the heyday of American crime writing (Guardian)

The ace performer (Raymond Chandler)