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The Dain Curse

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

By Dashiell Hammett

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Paperback $14.95

Jul 17, 1989 | ISBN 9780679722601

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Feb 23, 2011 | ISBN 9780307767479

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    About The Dain Curse

    Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op’s most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.

    About The Dain Curse

    Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op’s most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.

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    About Dashiell Hammett

    Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and his family moved to Baltimore when he was five. He dropped out of high school after his freshman year and held a series of odd jobs—messenger boy,… More about Dashiell Hammett

    About Dashiell Hammett

    Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born in 1894 in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and his family moved to Baltimore when he was five. He dropped out of high school after his freshman year and held a series of odd jobs—messenger boy,… More about Dashiell Hammett

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jul 17, 1989 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679722601

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Feb 23, 2011 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9780307767479
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