# The Dain Curse

by [Dashiell Hammett](https://localbooks.app/authors/dashiell-hammett)

- Genres: [हार्ड-बॉइल्ड एवं नॉयर](https://localbooks.app/genres/mystery/hard-boiled-and-noir)
- Set in: [सैन फ्रांसिस्को, कैलिफ़ोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य](https://localbooks.app/places/us/california/san-francisco)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1929
- Pages: 231

## Description

What starts as a stolen-diamond case for the Continental Op becomes a string of deaths around Gabrielle Dain Leggett, who believes she carries a family curse. The trail runs through a strange California cult.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL47286W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Dain%20Curse)

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