Five Continental Op Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Five Continental Op Stories, credited to Dashiell Hammett, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Five Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett. Read in English by Winston Tharp Before Sam Spade chased the black bird in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles stirred their first martinis in The Thin Man, the Continental Op walked early twentieth century San Francisco’s mean streets for the Continental Detective Agency. Dashiell Hammett used his own experiences as a Pinkerton operative to lend realistic detail to this creation. These first five stories were published in Black Mask magazine in 1923. - Summary by Winston Tharp

Recording facts

• Recording title: Five Continental Op Stories
• Author credits: Dashiell Hammett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:40:37

Catalogue topics

• Detective
• Mystery
• San Francisco
• hard-boiled
• 1923
• dashiell hammett
• black mask
• pulp magazine

Track guide

1. 01 - Arson Plus — 37:51
2. 02 - Crooked Souls — 33:17
3. 03 - Slippery Fingers — 25:48
4. 04 - It — 29:55
5. 05 - Bodies Piled Up — 33:46

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