num_pages: 215
description: 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. The Op was in Personville, derogatory nickname aside, as the result of a letter to the Continental Detective Agency in San Francisco from Donald Willsson, publisher of the local paper, asking for an agent to visit. No other information. As soon as the OP arrives, the body count begins. It starts with his client! Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel; it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in America and one of the greats of 20th century literature.
language: English
title: Red Harvest
titlecomplete: Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
characters: Dick Foley, Tommy Robins, Polly de Voto, Ted Wright, Men working for Whisper, Dinah Brand, The corpse at Elihu's house, Robert Albury at First National, Mickey Linehan, Police Chief John Noonan, The Old Man (The Continental Op), Nick the cop, Ricker, a guy with a hire heap, Helen Albury, Lillian Gish (Red Harvest), Reno Starkey, Pete the Finn, Peak Murry, Lew Yard, Keever the house cop, and the manager, Charles Proctor Dawn, Myrtle Jennison, The Mayor and the Governor, The warehouse security guard, Max "Whisper" Thaler, Dart (Red Harvest), Tim Noonan, Bob MacSwain, Elihu Willsson, Al Kennedy, Mr. Lewis, secretary to Elihu Willsson, Ike Bush, Tony Agosti, J. W. Clark, Mrs. Donald Willsson, Kid Mcleod, The Continental Op, Senator Keefer, Dan Rolff, Bill Quint, Donald Willsson, The watchman at First National Bank, Miss Lewis
genres: Detective, Thriller, Novels, Crime, Hard Boiled, Noir, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 27024
places: Personville, San Francisco, California
series: The Continental Op
publisher: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR