The Dain Curse

Dashiell Hammett virtually invented the hardboiled crime novel, and his creation the Continental Op is a short, squat, and utterly unsentimental tank of a private detective. Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 07/17/1989
ISBN: 9780679722601
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.22w x 0.51d