"Nightmare Town" and "Two Sharp Knives" focus on urban corruption, as does much of Red Harvest.
His Realist-influenced works include "The Golden Horseshoe" and "The Main Death." "Nightmare Town" and "Two Sharp Knives" focus on urban corruption, as does much of Red Harvest. Most of his works deal with threats to a victim, such as "Night Shots" and "Death and Company." For 10 points—name this author of hard-boiled fiction who invented Nick and Nora Charles in The Thin Man and Miles Archer and Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon.
His Realist-influenced works include "The Golden Horseshoe" and "The Main Death."
Dashiell {Hammett}