num_pages: 214
description: Paul Madvig was a cheerfully corrupt ward-heeler who aspired to something better: the daughter of Senator Ralph Bancroft Henry, the heiress to a dynasty of political purebreds. Did he want her badly enough to commit murder? And if Madvig was innocent, which of his dozens of enemies was doing an awfully good job of framing him? Dashiell Hammett's tour de force of detective fiction combines an airtight plot, authentically venal characters, and writing of telegraphic crispness.
language: English
title: The Glass Key
titlecomplete: The Glass Key
characters: Ned Beaumont, Janet Henry, Shad O'Rory, Sen. Ralph Bancroft Henry, Paul Madvig
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Hard Boiled, Crime
ratings_count: 12400
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard