The Tenth Clew and Eight Other Continental Op Stories

By: Dashiell Hammett

Narrated by: Cate Barratt

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.

1. The Tenth Clew
2. Night Shots
3. Zigzags of Treachery
4. One Hour
5. The House in Turk Street
6. The Girl with the Silver Eyes
7. Death on Pine Street
8. The Golden Horseshoe
9. Who Killed Bob Teal?

Originally published in 1924.

Public Domain (P)2023 Cate Barratt

Classic noir but many repeats

Amazing that these tales are 100 years old. Not so much has changed except a decline in quality of writing and imagination. Many repeats from another Continental Op collection. And why on earth have a female narrator who just reads and doesn’t add character for hard core noir stories?

grand street slang

I've always been a Hammett fan,andd and read all his novels multiple times!. w
What a treat to hear the stories I've never had access to.

Classic Hammett

Reader does not capture the cadences of the hardboiled detective genre and the Canadian accent is distracting.

Good stories that would have been better with another narrator.

Loved the stories and details about 1920’s California. Narrator would have been good for a SueGrafton/Kinsey Milhone book but she has only one voice and sounded the same whomever she was speaking for. Not sure why she was chosen.