WHO KILLED BOB TEAL? AND OTHER DETECTIVE STORIES contains fifteen detective tales by Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961). Often regarded as one of the United States' most successful detective writers, Hammett created the characters of Nick and Nora Charles (THE THIN MAN) and the hard-boiled detective Sam Spade (THE MALTESE FALCON).
• The Assistant Murder • Arson Plus • Who Killed Bob Teal? • Afraid of a Gun • Bodies Piled Up • Death on Pine Street • Mike, Alec, or Rufus • Night Shots • Nightmare Town • One Hour • Ruffian’s Wife • The Man Who Killed Dan Odoms • The Second-Story Angel • The Tenth Clew • Zigzags of Treachery