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The Dain curse by Dashiell Hammett · Booklabria

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The Dain curse

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The Dain curse

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First published: 1929
Editions: 46 in 5 languages

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Mystery
Thrillers
Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled
Private investigators
American Detective and mystery stories
Set in: United States
San Francisco

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46 in 5 languages

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English35 Hebrew3 Spanish3 German2 All 5 languages

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