Short thickbodied mulishly stubborn and indifferent to pain DashiellHammetts Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of toughguydetectives. In these sto... » 

Short thickbodied mulishly stubborn and indifferent to pain DashiellHammetts Continetal Op was the prototype for generations of toughguydetectives. In these stories the Op unravels a murder with too many clueslooks for a girl with eyes the color of shadows on polished silver and tangleswith a crookedeared gunman called the Whosis Kid. «