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Content snapshot
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Violence
Some
Shootings; gang violence; action set pieces
Language
Some
Hard-boiled tough language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking; underworld setting
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of criminal organization, justice outside the law, and professional competence
What this book is about
A 1966 collection of the Continental Op stories, anchored by the two-part 'The Big Knockover' and '$106,000 Blood Money' — in which over sixty criminals rob two San Francisco banks simultaneously and the Op hunts them down. Essential Hammett. For adults.
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