num_pages: 216
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. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.
language: English
title: Red Harvest
titlecomplete: Red Harvest
characters: Pete the Finn, J. W. Clark, Keever the house cop, and the manager, Miss Lewis, Tim Noonan, Mrs. Donald Willsson, Mickey Linehan, Mr. Lewis, secretary to Elihu Willsson, The corpse at Elihu's house, Tommy Robins, Men working for Whisper, Lillian Gish (Red Harvest), Bill Quint, Myrtle Jennison, Helen Albury, Ike Bush, Al Kennedy, Reno Starkey, Dinah Brand, Nick the cop, The watchman at First National Bank, Donald Willsson, Dick Foley, Elihu Willsson, Police Chief John Noonan, Dart (Red Harvest), Peak Murry, Max "Whisper" Thaler, The Old Man (The Continental Op), Dan Rolff, Lew Yard, Ricker, a guy with a hire heap, Ted Wright, Tony Agosti, The warehouse security guard, Bob MacSwain, The Continental Op, Polly de Voto, The Mayor and the Governor, Charles Proctor Dawn, Kid Mcleod, Robert Albury at First National, Senator Keefer
genres: Crime, Classics, Hard Boiled, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 27024
places: San Francisco, California, Personville
series: The Continental Op
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard