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The Thin Man
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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The Thin Man introduces Nick and Nora Charles, New York's coolest crime-solving couple. Nick retired from detecting after his wife inherited a tidy sum, but a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor....
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RECORDING IS DEFECTIVE! MISSING SEVEN CHAPTERS!
- By David on 01-08-13
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The Thin Man
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Series: The Thin Man, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-11-08
- Language: English
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Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark - and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
- By: Keith Alan Deutsch, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett, and others
- Narrated by: Eric Conger, Oliver Wyman, Alan Sklar, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Crime fiction fans old and new will delight in rediscovering these taut, character-rich, heart-stopping tales, now on audio for the first time....
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Stuck a knife in my heart
- By Martti on 01-01-12
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Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark - and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
- Narrated by: Eric Conger, Oliver Wyman, Alan Sklar, Pete Larkin, Jeff Gurner
- Series: Black Mask, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-01-11
- Language: English
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Return of the Thin Man
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Nicola Barber, Scott Brick
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett’s last - and most successful - novel....
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Interesting change
- By Linda on 06-17-13
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Return of the Thin Man
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim, Nicola Barber, Scott Brick
- Series: The Thin Man, Book 2-3
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 10-31-12
- Language: English
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Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1
- Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask
- By: Hugh B. Cave, Paul Cain, Frederick Nebel, and others
- Narrated by: Hollywood Theater of the Ear
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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In the1930s and '40s, Black Mask was the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field....
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Beware
- By joan on 10-27-11
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Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1
- Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask
- Narrated by: Hollywood Theater of the Ear
- Series: Black Mask
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-28-09
- Language: English
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Red Harvest
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty--even if that meant taking on an entire town....
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Great story, great narration, terrible reccording
- By yep on 08-21-14
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Red Harvest
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Series: The Continental Op Novels, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 07-12-11
- Language: English
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The Maltese Falcon
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered....
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Narrator makes a classic noir story dull
- By rose711 on 02-01-21
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The Maltese Falcon
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Series: The Maltese Falcon, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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Best Cases of the Continental Op
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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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....
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Great read, and reading
- By JD DC on 10-13-22
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Best Cases of the Continental Op
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-19-22
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: Lawless
- By: Dashiell Hammett, William Spier
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Stephen Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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No bigger fad swept across postwar radio than that of the hard-boiled private detective - and nobody had more fun with their wink-and-nudge take on the genre than the producers....
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One of the best Radio Detectives
- By JAS on 03-26-17
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The Adventures of Sam Spade: Lawless
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, Stephen Dunne
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-23-15
- Language: English
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Black Mask 3: The Maltese Falcon - and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
- By: Dashiell Hammett, Frederic Brown, William Cole, and others
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner, Oliver Wyman, Pete Larkin
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Crime fiction fans old and new will delight in rediscovering these taut, character-rich, heart-stopping tales, now on audio for the first time....
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Maltese Falcon
- By Robert E. Orlando on 07-24-12
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Black Mask 3: The Maltese Falcon - and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
- Narrated by: Jeff Gurner, Oliver Wyman, Pete Larkin
- Series: Black Mask, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-01-11
- Language: English
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The Fat Man and the Thin Man
- By: Dashiell Hammett, Milton Lewis
- Narrated by: J. Scott Smart, William Powell, Les Damon, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
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J. Scott Smart stars as The Fat Man, Brad Runyon, the stout-but-stalwart investigator who was first conceived as an arch villian in Hammett's classic novel The Maltese Falcon....
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It is hard to write a review of this...
- By Mela R on 12-03-19
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The Fat Man and the Thin Man
- Narrated by: J. Scott Smart, William Powell, Les Damon, Les Tremayne, Myrna Loy, Claudia Morgan
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 07-17-14
- Language: English
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Suspense: Fear & Trembling
- By: John Dickson Carr, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Peter Lorre, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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From the very beginning of its two-decade run on radio, Suspense was tops in thriller entertainment! Its first year on the air brought together stories from such outstanding masters of the genre as John Dickson Carr....
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not a book, but still a great listen!
- By Jed W. on 10-13-19
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Suspense: Fear & Trembling
- Narrated by: Peter Lorre, Lou Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Frost, Old Time Radio
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 06-17-19
- Language: English
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The Tenth Clew and Eight Other Continental Op Stories
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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This collection consists of nine crime novellas which were originally published in magazine form in 1924....
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Good stories that would have been better with another narrator.
- By Dana E. Yelverton on 08-19-24
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The Tenth Clew and Eight Other Continental Op Stories
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 08-25-23
- Language: English
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Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man'
- A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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William Powell and Myrna Loy reprise their roles as Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated lovers at the heart of Dashiell Hammett's immortal romantic-mystery masterpiece....
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I still love the thin man!
- By Donna on 02-06-12
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Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man'
- A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-24-09
- Language: English
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The Hunter and Other Stories
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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Dashiell Hammett is best known as both pioneer and master of American hard-boiled detective fiction, but these dozen and a half stories both affirm that reputation and present him in a different light....
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Not Just A Crime Writer
- By Joshua on 07-12-14
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The Hunter and Other Stories
- Narrated by: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, Donna Postel
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-05-13
- Language: English
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The Maltese Falcon
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade is hired to locate a client's sister by tailing the sister's companion....
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Play it again, Sam.
- By Christopher on 04-01-04
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The Maltese Falcon
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Series: The Maltese Falcon, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 02-19-04
- Language: English
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective: Volumes One & Two
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Steely. Seasoned. Smart-alecky. The storied San Francisco snooper is back....
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Bring Back Howard Duff
- By Jean G. Zorn on 06-14-14
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective: Volumes One & Two
- Narrated by: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 06-18-13
- Language: English
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Honest Gain
- Dicey Cases of the Continental Op
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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The Continental Op is back on the case, tracking down thieves and murderers from the steep streets of San Francisco to the rough and tumble Wild West in Arizona....
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Very N8ce Collecti9n.
- By Corey K. on 01-03-24
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Honest Gain
- Dicey Cases of the Continental Op
- Narrated by: Alison Belle Bews, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 11-14-23
- Language: English
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After the Thin Man
- A One-Hour Lux Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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After the Thin Man combines crime, kisses, and cocktails in the second Thin Man adventure....
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Wonderful radio show ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
- By Amy on 02-05-24
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After the Thin Man
- A One-Hour Lux Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- Narrated by: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 10-09-09
- Language: English
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The Dain Curse
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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The Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective....
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A Literary IMPOSSIBLE bottle.
- By Darwin8u on 05-12-12
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The Dain Curse
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Series: The Continental Op Novels, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-06-11
- Language: English
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & Other Adventures
- A BBC Radio Collection
- By: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrated by: Connie Booth, full cast, Jane Lapotaire, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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The godfather of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett is widely acknowledged as one of America's greatest mystery writers. This collection brings together the BBC radio adaptations of his works for the first time....
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Great!
- By Rosalinda Torres on 05-11-23
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & Other Adventures
- A BBC Radio Collection
- Narrated by: Connie Booth, full cast, Jane Lapotaire, Stuart Milligan, Tom Wilkinson, William Hootkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-28-21
- Language: English
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