Dashiell Hammett

The Dain Curse is a novel written by Dashiell Hammett and published in 1929. Before its publication in book form, it was serialized in Black Mask.

De Maltezer valk is een detectiveroman van Dashiell Hammett uit 1930. Dit verhaal over privédetective Sam Spade lag aan de basis van het Amerikaanse harde misdaadgenre. In 1941 werd The Maltese Falcon een succesvolle film noir met Humphrey Bogart.

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 …