Nightmare town : stories / Dashiell Hammett ; edited by Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg, and Ed Gorman.

"In the title story, a man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unraveling the dark mystery at its heart. A woman confronts the brutal truth about her husband in the chilling story 'Ruffian's Wife.' 'His Brother's Keeper' is a half-wit boxer's eulogy to the brother who betrayed him. 'The Seco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961
Other Authors: McCauley, Kirby (Editor)
Greenberg, Martin Harry (Editor)
Gorman, Edward (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Knopf, 1999.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xvii, 396 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Nightmare town -- House dick -- Ruffian's wife -- The man who killed Dan Odams -- Night shots -- Zigzags of treachery -- The assistant murderer -- His brother's keeper -- Two sharp knives -- Death on pine street -- The second-story angel -- Afraid of a gun -- Tom, Dick, or Harry -- One hour -- Who killed Bob Teal? -- A man called Spade -- Too many have lived -- They can only hang you once -- A man named Thin -- The first thin man. 
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