Author:Samuel Dashiell Hammett

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Dashiell Hammet
(1894–1961)

American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist: Known for the authenticity and realism of his writing, he drew on his experiences as a Pinkerton operative. His best known works include The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and the Red Harvest.

Dashiell Hammet

Works[edit]

Series[edit]

The Continental Op[edit]

  • "Arson Plus" (Black Mask, October 1, 1923) (as Peter Collinson)
  • "Crooked Souls" ("The Gatewood Caper") (Black Mask, October 15, 1923) (as Peter Collinson)
  • "Slippery Fingers" (Black Mask, October 15, 1923) (as Peter Collinson)
  • "It" (Black Mask, November 1, 1923)
  • "Bodies Piled Up" ("The House Dick") (Black Mask, December 1, 1923)
  • "The Tenth Clew" ("The Tenth Clue") (Black Mask, January 1, 1924) (available at Library of America)
  • "Night Shots" (Black Mask, February 1924)
  • "Zigzags of Treachery" (Black Mask, March 1, 1924) (available at Library of America)
  • "One Hour" (Black Mask, April 1924)
  • "The House in Turk Street" (Black Mask, April 15, 1924)
  • "The Girl with Silver Eyes" (Black Mask, June 1924)
  • "Women, Politics and Murder" ("Death on Pine Street") (Black Mask, September 1924)
  • "The Golden Horseshoe" (Black Mask, November 1924)
  • "Who Killed Bob Teal?" (True Detective Stories, November 1924)
  • "Mike, Alec or Rufus?" ("Tom, Dick or Harry") (Black Mask, January 1925)
  • "The Whosis Kid" (Black Mask, March 1925)
  • "The Scorched Face" (Black Mask, May 1925)
  • "Corkscrew" (Black Mask, September 1925)
  • "Dead Yellow Women" (Black Mask, November 1925)
  • "The Gutting of Couffignal" (Black Mask, December 1925) (available at Library of America)
  • "Creeping Siamese" (Black Mask, March 1926) (available at Library of America)
  • "The Big Knock-Over" (Black Mask, February 1927)
  • "$106,000 Blood Money" (Black Mask, May 1927)
  • "The Main Death" (Black Mask, June 1927)
  • "The Cleansing of Poisonville" (Black Mask, November 1927) - part of the novel Red Harvest
  • "Crime Wanted - Male or Female" (Black Mask, December 1927) - part of the novel Red Harvest
  • "Dynamite" (Black Mask, January 1928) - part of the novel Red Harvest
  • "The 19th Murder" (Black Mask, February 1928) - part of the novel Red Harvest
  • "This King Business"(Mystery Stories, January 1928)
  • "Black Lives" (Black Mask, November 1928) - part of the novel The Dain Curse
  • "The Hollow Temple" (Black Mask, December 1928) - part of the novel The Dain Curse
  • "Black Honeymoon" (Black Mask, January 1929) - part of the novel The Dain Curse
  • "Black Riddle" (Black Mask, February 1929) - part of the novel The Dain Curse
  • "Fly Paper" (Black Mask, August 1929)
  • "The Farewell Murder" (Black Mask, February 1930)
  • "Death and Company" (Black Mask, November 1930)
  • "Three Dimes" (partial draft and a set of notes, The Big Book of the Continental Op, 2017)

Other short works[edit]

Non-fiction[edit]

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1961, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 62 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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