Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op. In his novels and stories, Dashiell Hammett created some of the most memorable characters - detectives, dames, and assorted miscreants - in twentieth-century fiction. It is nearly impossible to imagine modern American literature without Hammett.Vintage Hammett features episodes from Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, The Dain Curse, and The Thin Man ; and stories featuring the Continental Op, including "The House in Turk Street," "The Girl with the Silver Eyes, and " and "Flypaper." It also includes the story and "Nightshade and " which has not been available in over fifty years.Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers, presented in attractive, affordable paperback editions.