Red Harvest (published on February 1, 1929) The Dain Curse (July 19, 1929) The Maltese Falcon (February 14, 1930) The Glass Key (April 24, 1931) The Thin Man (January 8, 1934) Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among