Continental Op Hardcover writer-Roy Thomas Trickster's turning informant against Warden

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Continental Op Hardcover writer-Roy Thomas Trickster's turning informant against WardenNoir at its finest, lavishly illustrated by John K. Snyder III. This is a collection of the first five stories in Hammett's series of shorts, including Arson Plus, Crooked Souls, Slippery Fingers, It, and Bodies Piled Up. The Op investigates arson, kidnapping, murder, and theft, defining the "hard boiled detective" character Hammett would later pattern for his best known character, Sam Spade. Presented here in Clover Press's prestigious hardcover