Locked rooms by Laurie R. King
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Dashiell Hammett by Julian Symons
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The Black mask murders by William F. Nolan
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Hellman and Hammett by Joan Mellen
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Private investigations by Sinda Gregory
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Hammett by Joe Gores
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Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America by Cynthia S. Hamilton
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A list of the original appearances of Dashiell Hammett's magazine work by E. H. Mundell
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The life of Dashiell Hammett by Diane Johnson
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Sharks never sleep by William F. Nolan
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Dashiell Hammett, a descriptive bibliography by Richard Layman
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Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins
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Publishing History

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Subjects

American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, American Authors, Hammett, dashiell, 1894-1961, Biography, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, American, American fiction, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, American Noir fiction, Authors, biography, Bibliography, Authors, American, Authors, american, Authors, Authors, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, History

Places

California, San Francisco, United States, San Francisco (Calif.), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Germany, Southern California, West (U.S.)

People

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970), James M. Cain (1892-1977), Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933), Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), S. S. Van Dine, Carroll John Daly (1889-1958), Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968), Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy (1897-1955)

Times

20th century, 1929

Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
William F. Nolan, 5 books
Richard Layman, 5 books
Diane Johnson, 3 books
Laurie R. King, 2 books
Joe Gores, 2 books
J. Kenneth Van Dover, 2 books
William Marling, 2 books
Paul Skenazy, 1 book
Cynthia S. Hamilton, 1 book
Kafak, 1 book
Armin Jaemmrich, 1 book
Dennis Dooley, 1 book
Sinda Gregory, 1 book
E. H. Mundell, 1 book
John S. Whitley, 1 book
Wolfgang Kemmer, 1 book
Hans-Martin Braun, 1 book
Sally Cline, 1 book
Gary Lovisi, 1 book
J. M. Santraud, 1 book
Jopi Nyman, 1 book
Julian Symons, 1 book
Ace Atkins, 1 book
Lawrence J. Trudeau, 1 book
Dashiell Hammett, 1 book