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Tag Archives: “First Aide to Murder”
Hammett: “Creeping Siamese” Down Under
The Hammett newspaper reprint action keeps churning! Terry Zobeck popped me a note taking the search for newsprint Op yarns Down Under. Even my informants have informants. Here’s Terry: Our correspondent from Australia, Warren “Woz” Sproule, from a few years … Continue reading
Hammett: Birthday 127
Samuel Dashiell Hammett was born on this date in 1894. I’ve done little birthday parties for him in the past (the home movie clip from ten years ago perhaps being the best), but for this one I’m going to let … Continue reading
Posted in Dash
Tagged "First Aide to Murder", "The Assistant Murderer", Alec Rush, Evan Lewis, newspaper action, Saturday Home Magazine
Hammett: Lost Stories, Found
After his first Guest Blogger spot, tracking down the pure text for Hammett’s Continental Op yarn “This King Business,” Terry Zobeck returns with another Adventure in Collecting. Here’s Terry: Ever since I read Richard Layman’s 1981 Hammett biography Shadow Man, and … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit, News
Tagged "A Tale of Two Women", "Another Perfect Crime", "Death and Company", "First Aide to Murder", "The Farewell Murder", "The Judge Laughed Last", "The Man Who Loved Ugly Women", "The Whosis Kid", "Women Politics and Murder", Experience, Mike Humbert, newspaper action, Richard Layman, Saturday Home Magazine, SF Examiner, Terry Zobeck, Valentine, Vince Emery
