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Best Cases of the Continental Op audiobook
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrator: Alison Belle Bews
- Category: Classics, Fiction
- Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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Best Cases of the Continental Op Audiobook Summary
“Half the jobs that come to a private detective are like this one: three or four days–and often as many weeks–have passed since the crime was committed. The police work on the job until they are stumped; then the injured party calls in a private sleuth, dumps him down on a trail that is old and cold and badly trampled, and expects–Oh, well! I picked out this way of making a living so …”
As a detective with the San Francisco branch of the Continental Detective Agency, the Continental Op has worked all kinds of cases, from gruesome murders to high-stakes robberies. A short, private man with a quick mind and quicker feet, Dashiell Hammett’s nameless sleuth may not be who you picture when you think of a private eye, but he is certainly the man you want on the job.
In the Best Cases of The Continental Op, an original compilation of eight stories from Skyboat Media, the Op walks, stalks, and runs down the steep streets of San Francisco to solve crimes of blackmail, murder, stolen identities, and arson, and each story contains so many twists and turns you’ll be hooked until the very (surprising) end …
Full Contents:
Introduction by Alison Belle Bews”Arson Plus””Slippery Fingers””The Tenth Clew””Crooked Souls””Bodies Piled Up””The Golden Horseshoe””Death on Pine Street (Women, Politics, and Murder)””Zigzags of Treachery
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Best Cases of the Continental Op Audiobook Narrator
Alison Belle Bews is the narrator of Best Cases of the Continental Op audiobook that was written by Dashiell Hammett
About the Author(s) of Best Cases of the Continental Op
Dashiell Hammett is the author of Best Cases of the Continental Op
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Best Cases of the Continental Op Full Details
| Narrator | Alison Belle Bews |
| Length | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Author | Dashiell Hammett |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 24, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9798200950980 |
Additional info
The publisher of the Best Cases of the Continental Op is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9798200950980.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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