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Murder in Alaska
Even if you can’t get to Alaska by car, boat or airplane, you can always go by book. We survey the best of that chilly group, writers who use Alaska as the locale for their crime novels.
Collecting Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett stands tall as the founding father of the realistic school of hard-boiled literature. He wrote about detectives with depth and authority because he had been one with the Pinkerton Detective Agency from 1915 to 1934. Although he published his last novel in 1934, his reputation continues to increase around the world.
Agatha Christie’s American Half
Since she wrote more than 100 books, collecting Christie is a daunting prospect. Finding the British firsts in dust wrapper can be impossible. Finding the American firsts is—in most cases—at least possible and, in nearly every case, somewhat less expensive.
Books into Film
The Maltese Falcon, a novel by Dashiell Hammett, three films from Warner Brothers.