false 30002 12 Everything about the Leggett diamond heist indicated to the Continental Op that it was an inside job. From the stray diamond found in the yard to the eyewitness accounts of a "strange man" casing the house, everything was just too pat. Gabrielle Dain-Leggett has enough secrets to fill a closet, and when she disappears shortly after the robbery, she becomes the Op's prime suspect. But her father, Edgar Leggett, keeps some strange company himself and has a dark side the moon would envy. Before he can solve the riddle of the diamond theft, the Continental Op must first solve the mystery of this strange family. 932884 book 1928 The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.) total:509|5:93|4:195|3:186|2:33|1:2| 509 1871 659 30 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 17 15:01:55 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 08:28:05 -0800 2008 Thank you, Hammett! There's now no longer any doubt in my mind that this man was a master of detective fiction. Gabrielle Leggett is an endearing character who originally I thought was just another femme fatale who has a strong taste for morphine and cults... but this is only on the surface. ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 16 14:19:17 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:22:34 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:14:45 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:40:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 true false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 07:06:05 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 07:09:14 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Oct 27 20:22:17 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 20:41:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:05:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 13:35:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 04 16:41:45 -0800 2008 Wed May 07 09:43:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 01:42:03 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 01:43:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Wed Jan 21 21:15:02 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 21:16:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 16 13:56:19 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 14:06:11 -0700 2008 Once
Tabloids have been around long before supermarket aisles had been invented, and, before that, the society pages of newspapers were often rife with scandal and debauchery. In "The Dain Curse", Hammett takes what se...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 01:01:45 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 15:53:59 -0800 2008 Hammett wrote it. From a literature point of view, there was nothing wrong with it. The premise, on the other hand, started weak and ended with the unsatisfactory wheeze of a deflating soufflé.
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The Dain Curse is a weird read from the start, but ends well, believe me.

Not quite as good as his typical noir story, but it is enjoyable, indeed.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 09:53:05 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 14:20:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jan 21 12:26:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 10:27:10 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=30002