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De Continental Op

Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in de rauwe wereld van een privédetective die voor een groot detectivebureau werkt. De naamloze rechercheur, actief in San Francisco, neemt zaken aan die hem naar de onderbuik van de stad leiden. Met een scherpe geest en een sterk rechtvaardigheidsgevoel navigeert hij door een gevaarlijk landschap van misdaad, corruptie en verraad. Elk verhaal biedt een spannende duik in de klassieke detectivefictie.

The Big Knockover and Other Stories
Nightmare Town
The Continental Op
The Dain Curse
Red Harvest

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  1. Red Harvest

    • 224bladzijden
    • 8 uur lezen

    From one of the great pioneers of detective stories, a classic novel reissued with a new introduction by S.A. Cosby The steadfast and sturdy Continental Op has been summoned to the town of Personville—known as Poisonville—a dusty mining community splintered by competing factions of gangsters and petty criminals. The Op has been hired by Donald Willsson, publisher of the local newspaper, who gave little indication about the reason for the visit. No sooner does the Op arrive, than the body count begins to climb . . . starting with his client. With this last honest citizen of Poisonville murdered, the Op decides to stay on and force a reckoning—even if that means taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.

    Red Harvest1
    3,9
  2. The Dain Curse

    • 188bladzijden
    • 7 uur lezen

    Everything about the Leggett diamond heist indicated to the Continental Op that it was an inside job. From the stray diamond found in the yard to the eyewitness accounts of a "strange man" casing the house, everything was just too pat. Gabrielle Dain-Leggett has enough secrets to fill a closet, and when she disappears shortly after the robbery, she becomes the Op's prime suspect. But her father, Edgar Leggett, keeps some strange company himself and has a dark side the moon would envy. Before he can solve the riddle of the diamond theft, the Continental Op must first solve the mystery of this strange family.

    The Dain Curse2
    3,7

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