The Continental Detective Agency’s Op is sent on a case to Personville. The locals call their town “Poisonville,” and the Op would soon find out why as the bodies start piling up. Dirty cops, gang wars, and hit men are all at play in Dashiell Hammett’s first full-length novel featuring the Continental Op, the original hard-boiled private detective. - Summary by Mark Nelson
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queue_music Chapters 27
101 - Chapter 1: A Woman in Green and a Man in Gray16:49
202 - Chapter 2: The Czar of Poisonville17:53
303 - Chapter 3: Dinah Brand17:05
404 - Chapter 4: Hurricane Street17:59
505 - Chapter 5: Old Elihu Talks Sense14:48
606 - Chapter 6: Whisper’s Joint14:13
707 - Chapter 7: That’s Why I Sewed You Up15:46
808 - Chapter 8: A Tip on Kid Cooper8:42
909 - Chapter 9: A Black Knife17:06
1010 - Chapter 10: Crime Wanted—Male or Female11:47