'Not just the first of the tough school of crime-writing but the best' THE TIMES
Miss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently.
Is she the victim of a family curse? The short, squat, utterly unsentimental Continental Op, the best private detective around, has his doubts and finds himself confronting something infinitely more dangerous.
This is the Continental Op's most bizarre case and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
| ISBN: | 9781409138051 |
| Publication date: | 2nd February 2012 |
| Author: | Dashiell Hammett |
| Publisher: | Orion Books an imprint of Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Series: | Murder Room |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Classic crime and mystery fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction |