The complete case files is the first electronic publication of dashiell hammetts collected continental op stories to be licensed by either hammett or his. Crime stories and other writings collects two dozen of the 36 stories hammett published about the continental op, most of them novelettes. Dashiell hammett was an american author best known for his work in the hardboiled detective fiction. Dashiell hammetts continental op was the prototype for generations of toughguy detectives.
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