Title: The Dain Curse
Author(s): Dashiell Hammett
Language: English
Published: 23 February 2011
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780679722601
Extension: EPUB
Size: 170 KB
Subjects: General, Fiction, Mystery, Mystery & Detective - General, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Crime & Thriller, Fiction - Mystery, Detective, Women Sleuths, Political, Literary, Mystery fiction, Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled, Hard-Boiled, Private investigators, Crime & mystery, Detective and mystery stories, Detectives, Mystery and detective stories, Continental OP (Fictitious character), Private investiagators, Continental Op (Fictitious character) - Fiction, Private investigators - United States - Fiction
Categories: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
From one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic novel reissued with a new introduction by Amor Towles
When eight diamonds are stolen from a prominent San Francisco family, the Continental Op is called in to investigate. But the missing jewels aren't the only thing out of the ordinary. The man who reported the burglary ends up dead, ostensibly a suicide. His daughter, one of the suspects, Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, has a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying. Might Gabrielle be the victim of an arcane family curse? Or is the truth about her stranger and even 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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