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The Dain Curse

by Dashiell Hammett

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1929
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  1. Chapter 1: Eight Diamonds

    13:36

  2. Chapter 2: Long-nose

    12:57

  3. Chapter 3: Something Black

    22:38

  4. Chapter 4: The Vague Harpers

    9:35

  5. Chapter 5: Gabrielle

    25:53

  6. Chapter 6: The Man from Devil's Island

    11:37

  7. Chapter 7: The Curse

    20:01

  8. Chapter 8: But and If

    8:17

  9. Chapter 9: Tad's Blind Man

    17:58

  10. Chapter 10: Dead Flowers

    22:27

  11. Chapter 11: God

    22:09

  12. Chapter 12: The Unholy Grail

    22:49

  13. Chapter 13: The Cliff Road

    19:28

  14. Chapter 14: The Crumpled Chrysler

    17:51

  15. Chapter 15: I've Killed Him

    18:10

  16. Chapter 16: The Night Hunt

    20:47

  17. Chapter 17: Below Dull Point

    16:24

  18. Chapter 18: The Pineapple

    14:24

  19. Chapter 19: The Degenerate

    23:00

  20. Chapter 20: The House in the Cove

    23:49

  21. Chapter 21: Aaronia Haldorn

    21:33

  22. Chapter 22: Confessional

    24:32

  23. Chapter 23: The Circus

    19:26

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About this book

Published in 1929, Dashiell Hammett's second novel again follows his nameless Continental Op, this time through a tangle of stolen diamonds, a family that seems to carry a lethal curse, and a young woman, Gabrielle Dain Leggett, convinced she brings death to everyone near her. The case widens from a straightforward robbery into morphine addiction, a manipulative religious cult, and a run of killings that the Op has to explain away one plausible answer at a time. Stitched together from three linked Black Mask stories, the book is looser and stranger than Red Harvest, but it shows the same distrust of easy motives and tidy solutions. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available.

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Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

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First published
1929
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
187
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Mark Nelson