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Narrado por:
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Alison Belle Bews
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Stefan Rudnicki
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Dashiell Hammett
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“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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5 out of 5 stars
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Very N8ce Collecti9n.
- De Corey K. en 01-03-24
De: Dashiell Hammett
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Red Harvest
- The Continental Op, Book 1
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Graham Dunlop
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
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Red Harvest is a hardboiled classic that set the standard for gritty, no-nonsense crime fiction. Written by Dashiell Hammett, this explosive novel follows an unnamed detective—referred to only as “The Continental Op”—as he arrives in a corrupt industrial town known as “Poisonville.” Hired to clean up the city, he quickly finds himself in the middle of a brutal gang war. Betrayals, double-crosses, and brutal power plays spiral into chaos as the Op’s relentless quest for justice leads to a blood-soaked reckoning.
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Hunter and Other Stories
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Ray Chase, Stephen Bowlby, Brian Holsopple, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
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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. Along with the full-length treatments On the Make and The Kiss-Off, this collection includes never before and rarely published stories that explore failed romance, courage in the face of uncertainty, hypocrisy, and crass opportunism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not Just A Crime Writer
- De Joshua en 07-12-14
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Tenth Clew and Eight Other Continental Op Stories
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Cate Barratt
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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This collection consists of nine crime novellas which were originally published in magazine form in 1924. The plots of Hammett’s stories were drawn from his actual experience as a Pinkerton detective. Hammett viewed the process of detective work not as the pursuit of a few elusive clues, but rather the tedious business of extracting relevant evidence from an overabundance of information.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Classic noir but many repeats
- De peter en 12-05-24
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Glass Key
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett’s tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness. A one-time detective and a master of deft understatement, Hammett invented the noir crime novel.
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Pacing Quick & Plot was Goldilocks
- De Darwin8u en 05-16-12
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Thin Man
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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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 six years later a pretty blonde spies him at a speakeasy and asks for his help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick's client. Nick can no more resist the case than a morning cocktail or a good fight, and soon he and Nora are caught in a complicated web of confused identities.
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1 out of 5 stars
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RECORDING IS DEFECTIVE! MISSING SEVEN CHAPTERS!
- De David en 01-08-13
De: Dashiell Hammett
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Spade & Archer
- The Prequel to The Maltese Falcon
- De: Joseph Gores
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions, no favors, and no way for anyone to get underneath the protective shell he wears like a second skin. We know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that Spade is sleeping with Archer's wife, Iva; that his tomboyish secretary, Effie Perine, is the only innocent in his life. What we don't know is how Spade became who he is. Spade & Archer completes the picture.
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"A Real Joy"
- De Mark en 04-14-09
De: Joseph Gores
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Black Mask Audio Magazine, Volume 1
- Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask
- De: Hugh B. Cave, Paul Cain, Frederick Nebel, y otros
- Narrado por: Hollywood Theater of the Ear
- Duración: 5 h y 3 m
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In the1930s and '40s, Black Mask was the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. Here writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Earl Stanley Gardner reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the "hard-boiled" private eye. Now this series resurrects from those pages the toughest of tough detectives in sonic dramatizations from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
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Beware
- De joan en 10-27-11
De: Hugh B. Cave, y otros
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective: Volumes One & Two
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Howard Duff, Steve Dunne
- Duración: 5 h y 42 m
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Steely. Seasoned. Smart-alecky. The storied San Francisco snooper is back! Share the exciting exploits of Dashiell Hammett's famous gumshoe through this thrilling 6-hour collection. Featuring all of the episodes from both our Volume One and Volume Two collections, Howard Duff and Steve Dunne star as Sam Spade in 12 madcap capers from 1946 - 1951. As crass as he is charismatic, this dynamic detective attracts a curious clientele - gentlemen who tend to drop dead and ladies who are drop-dead gorgeous.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bring Back Howard Duff
- De Jean G. Zorn en 06-14-14
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Assistant Murderer
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Christopher Strong
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among his enduring character creations are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, the Continental Op, and P. I. Rush, introduced in this book, who is ugly, mean, focused, and "works for pay". Hammett is 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." Ths short novellette is a crime story with an intricate plot and characters, and a surprise twist at the end.
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2 out of 5 stars
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rather lackluster narration may have spoiled it
- De Darryl en 07-23-13
De: Dashiell Hammett
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Best Stories of the Continental Op
- Who Killed Bob Teal, Crooked Souls, Bodies Piled Up, It and Others
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Mark Bowen
- Duración: 3 h y 49 m
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Dashiell Hammett's Best Stories of the Continental Op is a gripping collection of classic hard-boiled detective fiction, featuring the iconic Continental Op. These tales, including Who Killed Bob Teal?, Crooked Souls, Bodies Piled Up, It, and others, showcase Hammett's mastery of sharp dialogue, intricate plotting, and atmospheric storytelling. Set in a gritty world of crime and deception, the stories follow the unflinching, unnamed detective as he unravels mysteries and confronts dangerous adversaries.
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3 out of 5 stars
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one of the worst narrator's
- De ryan rehl en 03-14-25
De: Dashiell Hammett
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Red Harvest
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Mike Vendetti
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
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Dive into the gritty world of crime and corruption with Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest," masterfully narrated by Mike Vendetti. Set in the lawless town of Personville, also known as Poisonville, this classic detective story follows a relentless detective as he navigates a web of deceit, murder, and betrayal. Hammett, the undisputed master of detective fiction in late 1920s America, delivers a hard-hitting tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
De: Dashiell Hammett
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Raymond Chandler: The BBC Radio Drama Collection
- De: Raymond Chandler
- Narrado por: Toby Stephens
- Duración: 10 h y 34 m
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The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries. Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world weary, hard boiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking crime novels featuring his iconic hero.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Toby Stephens goes California Noir
- De Adeliese Baumann en 10-21-16
De: Raymond Chandler
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Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon & Other Adventures
- A BBC Radio Collection
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: Connie Booth, full cast, Jane Lapotaire, y otros
- Duración: 4 h y 54 m
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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, including the iconic The Maltese Falcon, featuring his most famous character: Sam Spade.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- De Rosalinda Torres en 05-11-23
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Moving Target
- A Lew Archer Novel
- De: Ross Macdonald
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
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As private eye Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where you can get beaten up between sets, The Moving Target blends sex, greed, misdirected love, and family hatred into an explosive crime novel.
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Unbearable
- De Bodiccea en 07-07-18
De: Ross Macdonald
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Audio Archive Presents Dashiell Hammett's 'The Thin Man'
- A LUX Theater Episode Plus Special Commentary
- De: Dashiell Hammett
- Narrado por: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Bill Mills
- Duración: 1 h y 15 m
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Here is the classic 60-minute Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the 1930s movie hit, recreated with the original film stars and director! This Audio Archive feature presentation delivers William Powell and Myrna Loy, who reprise thei roles as Nick and Nora Charles, the sophisticated lovers at the heart of Dashiell Hammett's immortal romantic-mystery masterpiece, The Thin Man.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I still love the thin man!
- De Donna en 02-06-12
De: Dashiell Hammett
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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
- The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age - The '20s, '30s & '40s (Big Book Series)
- De: Otto Penzler
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May, Traci Odom, Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 73 h y 18 m
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Containing over 47 stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train - a bullet couldn't pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a great collection!!
- De Amazon Customer en 07-13-20
De: Otto Penzler
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I, the Jury
- De: Mickey Spillane
- Narrado por: Mike Dennis
- Duración: 5 h y 28 m
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Here's Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer in their roughest and readiest—a double-strength shot of sex, violence, and action that is vintage Spillane all the way. It's a tough-guy mystery to please even the most bloodthirsty of fans!
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4 out of 5 stars
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read this one for what it is
- De Midwestbonsai en 07-08-16
De: Mickey Spillane
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Best Cases of the Continental Op
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- Nicholas weber
- 12-23-22
Solid
Excellent reading of amazing stories! One of my favorite authors read by one of the best readers.
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- Kryptography
- 08-27-24
Great stories great reader
overall a fantastic reader who captures the down to business personality of the main character
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- JD DC
- 10-13-22
Great read, and reading
Excellent intro by Alison; Stefan has the perfect voice for the Continental Op. The stories are beautifully crafted by the maestro of mystery.
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- peter
- 09-26-23
Great stories
Very entertaining and well structured short stories featuring the continental op. True quality writing and production.
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- Rob
- 12-24-23
Hard boiled classics
Great performance of narrative in good paced mysteries. Kept guessing as to outcome. Feels like your riding along.
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- Schendvd
- 08-15-24
Great stories
The main character is great. The stories are great. The narrator makes many of the characters sound the same. Confusing
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