Continental Op
Author: first_name: Dashiell
last_name: Hammett
Language: English
Year: 1923

The Continental Op - no hard-boiled private detective has ever been boiled harder. The nameless Pinkerton op from the Continental Detective Agency in San Francisco. Sam Spade before the was a Sam Spade. Five tales from the pages of Black Mask Magazine. Gangsters, molls, gats and goons — everything noir. - Summary by Mark Nelson