The Thin Man (Paperback)

Dashiell Hammett

ISBN 10: 0241962528 / ISBN 13: 9780241962527

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2012

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Paperback. New edition of the Penguin Essential set among the speakeasies of 1930s Manhattan - hardboiled crime at its wisecracking best'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. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780241962527

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Thin Man (Paperback)

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Paperback

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)