# Dashiell Hammett

Based in [San Francisco, California, United States](https://localbooks.app/places/us/california/san-francisco)

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) worked as a Pinkerton detective before writing for the pulp magazines in San Francisco. His lean, tough crime novels created the hard-boiled school of detective fiction.

## Books (3)

- [The Dain Curse](https://localbooks.app/books/the-dain-curse) (1929)
- [The Maltese Falcon](https://localbooks.app/books/the-maltese-falcon) (1930)
- [Red Harvest](https://localbooks.app/books/red-harvest) (1929)

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