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Pay-Off in Blood by Brett Halliday
A desperate doctor hires Mike Shayne for a case that starts with blackmail and ends with murder. more...
Corkscrew and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
From the sands of Arizona to the alleys of the Tenderloin, the Continental Op deals out rough justice, in this collection of short stories from master of noir fiction Dashiell Hammett. more...
The Main Death and This King Business by Dashiell Hammett
From the annals of Black Mask come the two-fisted adventures of the original hardboiled PI: Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op. more...
The Giant Collection of the Continental Op
Essential tales from the files of San Francisco’s hard-bitten, prototypical PI—penned by the undisputed “master of the detective novel” (The Boston Globe). more...
Arson Plus and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Introducing the Continental Op—legendary hardboiled sleuth—in the first of seven short-story collections featuring Dashiell Hammett’s infamous detective. more...
The Golden Horseshoe and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Follow crime fiction’s toughest hero from San Francisco to the Mexican frontier in the third installment of the Collected Case Files of the Continental Op. more...
Who Killed Bob Teal? and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
The Continental Op delves into his violent past and avenges a murdered partner in this collection of stories from master of hardboiled fiction Dashiell Hammett. more...
Creeping Siamese and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Whether chasing hoodlums or solving impossible murders, Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op is one of the toughest detectives in the history of crime fiction. more...
Fly Paper and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
Whether chasing debutants or gunning down killers, the legendary Continental Op doesn’t miss a beat, in this collection of short stories from master of noir fiction Dashiell Hammett. more...
It and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
The second volume of short stories featuring the adventures of crime fiction’s most hardboiled sleuth: the Continental Op. more...
A body found floating in the canal starts an investigation into sexual violence. more...
A scalpel-wielding maniac terrorizes a hospital staff. more...
Amphetamines and Pearls by John Harvey
Scott Mitchell, Britain’s toughest private eye, takes on a case for an old friend and falls backward into a grisly murder. more...
A teenage thug goes to prison when a simple robbery turns bloody. more...
Scott Mitchell, Britain’s toughest private eye, finds himself marked for murder in this gritty hardboiled mystery. more...
A man found bloodied in the street is the newest victim of a brutal crime spree. more...
Two months after she disappears, a six-year-old child is found dead. more...
It’s Christmas in Nottingham, and a public housing official has vanished. more...
A spree of brutal robberies forces Charlie Resnick to confront the darkest moment of his past. more...
The Geranium Kiss by John Harvey
Scott Mitchell, the toughest private detective in England, is about to find that kidnapping and murder go hand in hand in this classic hardboiled mystery. more...
