Author: dashiellhammett
From a classic author hailed as “master of the detective novel” and “one hell of a writer” (The Boston Globe): A murder in the corrupt town of Personville sends one lone operative on a crusade for justice. With nearly 6,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.
Discover the hard-boiled San Francisco PI who “revolutionized the traditional figure of the detective” (The Washington Post) in this classic crime collection! “Hammett’s stories are about the best there are” (Ross Macdonald).
In Dashiell Hammett’s famous crime novel, we meet one of the detective-story master’s most enchanting creations, Nick and Nora Charles, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a classic murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.
A coolly glittering gem of detective fiction that has haunted three generations of readers, from one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat man name Gutman, and Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift … whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s iconic, influential, and beloved The Maltese Falcon.more