Book cover for Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

Red Harvest

2026 Released
132 Pages
3-4 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Start Publishing LLCISBN 9781649742889

Welcome to Personville—locals call it "Poisonville"—a town so corrupt it’s choking on its own blood. When the Continental Op, a hard-nosed private detective, arrives to clean things up, he plunges into a storm of gangsters, crooked politicians, and double-crossing dames. But the deeper he digs, the bloodier the harvest becomes.

With relentless pacing, razor-sharp dialogue, and a moral compass as gray as the skies over Poisonville, Red Harvest is a brutal masterpiece of American noir. This is Dashiell Hammett at his most raw and ruthless, a gritty tale of justice torn from the barrel of a gun.

If you like your heroes uncompromising and your crime fiction mean, lean, and soaked in danger—Red Harvest delivers a bulletproof classic

Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett (18941961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time. In addition to The Maltese Falcon, his pioneering novels include Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Thin Man.

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