The Curse of the Dains and Other Stories

The Curse of the Dains and Other Stories

The disappearance of precious stones is only the first link in a chain of extremely strange events. The person who reported the theft commits suicide, which looks dubious.
His daughter has a multitude of bad habits and a penchant for religious... cults, and additionally, the people around her are dying one by one.
Is this girl truly a victim of a family curse? Or is the truth far less supernatural, yet much more dangerous?
Dashiell Hammett is the creator of the unique genre of "hard-boiled detective," which soon became a classic in the canon of American literature.
A famous family in San Francisco has had their diamonds stolen, and the investigation of the theft is entrusted to Hammett's favorite hero, never named by the author, but "copied" from a real person, a detective from the famous Pinkerton detective agency.

Author: Дэшил Хэммет

Printhouse: Azbuka

Series: Classic Detective. Big Books

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785389289710

Number of pages: 544

Size: 216x145x27 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 880 g

ID: 1729105

The disappearance of precious stones is only the first link in a chain of extremely strange events. The person who reported the theft commits suicide, which looks dubious.

His daughter has a multitude of bad habits and a penchant for religious cults, and additionally, the people around her are dying one by one.

Is this girl truly a victim of a family curse? Or is the truth far less supernatural, yet much more dangerous?

Dashiell Hammett is the creator of the unique genre of "hard-boiled detective," which soon became a classic in the canon of American literature.

A famous family in San Francisco has had their diamonds stolen, and the investigation of the theft is entrusted to Hammett's favorite hero, never named by the author, but "copied" from a real person, a detective from the famous Pinkerton detective agency.

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