Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)

Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and the Continental Op. In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction". Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.

Dashiell Hammett's Books:

[The Assistant Murderer | Afraid Of A Gun | Bodies Piled Up | Death On Pine Street | Mike Alec Or Rufus | Night Shots | Nightmare Town | One Hour | Ruffian Wife | The Man Who Killed Dan Odams | The Second Story Angel | The Tenth Clew | Who Killed Bob Teal | Zigzags Of Treachery]