

The Thin Man
4.0
(3 ratings)240 pages2012PenguinISBN 9780241962527
Fiction in EnglishCharles, nick (fictitious character), fictionCharles, nora (fictitious character), fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalPrivate investigators, fictionFictionPrivate investigatorsNick Charles (Fictitious character)Nora Charles (Fictitious character)Women detectivesMarried peopleMarried womenDetective and mystery storiesFiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledMarried people, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureDétectivesRomans, nouvelles
About this book
<p><b>'When I opened my eyes and sat up in bed Nora was shaking me and a man with a gun in his hand was standing in the bedroom doorway.' <p></b>Ex-detective Nick Charles attracts trouble like a magnet. He thinks his sleuthing days are over, but when Julia Wolf, a former acquaintance, is found dead, her body riddled with bullets, Nick - along with his glamorous wife, Nora - can't resist making a few enquiries. Clyde Miller Wynant, Julia's lover and boss, has disappeared. Everyone is after him, but Nick is not convinced Wynant is the murderer - and when he finds a junked-up hoodlum with a careless attitude to guns in his bedroom, it's only the beginning of his troubles.</p>
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780241962527
- Language
- en
About Dashiell Hammett
American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.
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