הנץ ממלטה הוא ספרו של דשייל האמט, אשר עובד מספר פעמים לקולנוע. הגרסה משנת 1941, אותה כתב וביים ג'ון יוסטון ובה כיכב המפרי בוגרט, נחשבת לסרט קלאסי בסוגת הפילם נואר, ולאחד מסרטי הבלשים הטובים ביותר שנוצרו אי פעם. ספרו של האמט יצא לאור בשנת 1930 ותורגם לעברית בשנת 1967 בהוצאת שין שין שין, ובשנת 1981 ומחדש ב 2013 בהוצאת …
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners. Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most …
Red Harvest is a novel by Dashiell Hammett. The story is narrated by The Continental Op, a frequent character in Hammett's fiction. Hammett based the story on his own experiences in Butte, Montana as an operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The labor dispute in the novel was inspired by Butte's Anaconda Road …
The Glass Key is a novel by Dashiell Hammett, said to be his favorite among his works. It was first published as a serial in Black Mask in 1930, then was collected in 1931, and tells the story of gambler and racketeer Ned Beaumont, whose devotion to crooked political boss Paul Madvig leads him to investigate the …