Hammett - Dashiell
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)


Poisonville by Dashiell Hammett
Poisonville is the original set of four stories from 1927 and 1928 that were edited together to become the novel Red Harvest. The Continental Op is sent on assignment to a mining town in Montana to do “some business.” The man he was supposed to meet was murdered before he got to meet him.
The Continental Op-1928 by Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op – 1928 – 1928 was a seminal year for Dashiell Hammett. He ended the series of stories known as the Poisonville stories that were later turned into the novel “Red Harvest.” Later in the year he began the series of stories that were turned into the novel “The Dain Curse.”
The Continental Op-1927 by Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op-1927 – From ‘The Big Knockover’ to the beginnings of the Poisonville stories, 1927 was a very important year for Dashiell Hammett.
The Continental Op -1925-26 by Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op -1925-26 – The seven Continental Op stories that Dashiell Hammett wrote during 1925 and 1926 for The Black Mask magazine.
The Continental Op -1924 by Dashiell Hammett
The nine Continental Op stories written by Dashiell Hammett in 1924.
The Continental Op -1923 by Dashiell Hammett
Written in first person, these are the stories of an unnamed operative for the Continental Detective Agency. The Continental Op deals with the gamut of human crime and cruelty.