The Novels of Dashiell Hammett Author:Dashiell Hammett The Novels of Dashiell Hammett — -Red Harvest (1929): An acknowledged literary landmark. — -The Dain Curse (1929): Recommended for its weird characters and really astonishing speed. — -The Maltese Falcon (1930): This is not only probably the best detective story we have ever read, it is an exceeding well written novel. -London Times Literary Supple... more »ment
-The Glass Key (1931): Hammett has done something extraordinarily new to the murder and mystery story. He has made the reader as much interested in the relation of his individuals to each other as in the solution of the story. The development of his characters is fully as exciting as the unfolding of the story. -Louis Untermeyer
-The Thin Man (1934): Dashiell Hammett is undoubtedly the best of American Detective story writers, and The Thin Man is certainly the most breathless of his stories -Sinclair Lewis« less