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A review by francomega
Nightmare Town by Colin Dexter, William F. Nolan, Dashiell Hammett
3.0
Sam Spade only appeared 4 times on the page: The Maltese Falcon and the three stories included here. While the stories are all essentially hard-boiled versions of Agatha Christie drawing room mysteries, they're fun and Spade has a better showing than he did in Falcon.
I didn't read all the stories here, but I did read the ones featuring Hammett's other famous detective, the Continental Op. Maybe it's me, but it feels like Hammett put more into the Op stories--more attitude, more substance. All enjoyable, short reads.
I didn't read all the stories here, but I did read the ones featuring Hammett's other famous detective, the Continental Op. Maybe it's me, but it feels like Hammett put more into the Op stories--more attitude, more substance. All enjoyable, short reads.