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Physical Desc
xxi, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating portrait of the overlooked Dashiell Hammett-- from his years as a Pinkerton detective to becoming the author of arguably the most iconic detective novels of the twentieth century"--
Author
Physical Desc
354 pages : color map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle--Dashiell Hammett ivestigates what really happened at Arbuckle's San Francisco party and discovers a truth that will change American legal history--and his own life forever.
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Series
Mary Russell novel volume 8
Physical Desc
402 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are on their way from Bombay to San Francisco to settle some legal affairs related to Mary's inheritance of her family's estate. Approaching port, Mary becomes afflicted with troubling dreams and irrational behavior. Mary was six years old when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occurred, but she denies having any memory of that time. She was also the only survivor of an automobile "accident" in 1914. As...
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