num_pages: 343
description: Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. In these stories the Op unravels a murder with too many clues, looks for a girl with eyes the color of shadows on polished silver, and tangles with a crooked-eared gunman called the Whosis Kid.
language: English
title: The Continental Op
titlecomplete: The Continental Op
characters: The Continental Op
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Hard Boiled, Crime
ratings_count: 6523
series: The Continental Op
publisher: Vintage