![]() ![]() From the getgo, the detective believes it was an inside job, and the opening stages of the investigation lead him to the Temple of the Holy Grail, " the fashionable one just now" run by one of Leggett's friends and frequented by Gabrielle. The diamonds were in the possession of Edgar Leggett when they were stolen Leggett's daughter Gabrielle may have been a witness. Set in San Francisco, Hammett's unnamed detective, known to readers only as "The Continental Op," is tasked by his company to investigate the reported theft of some diamonds. I mean, seriously - you have a whacked-out bunch of people involved in a crazy cult, a wealthy drug-addicted, simpering heroine who just might be the victim of a curse, an old house by the sea, a man hiding a secret identity, and of course, a number of murders. It may not be Hammett's best, but I still had a lot of fun with it. ![]() ![]() According to one website I visited for background on this book, The Dain Curse first made its appearance in Black Mask magazine as a serial released between October 1928 and January 1929 it was his second Continental Op story after Red Harvest. There's something very positive to be said about these old novels this one was written in 1928 and still has a lot of power to entertain. ![]()
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