The Continental Op: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 2:50:38 running time and a link to listen.

The Continental Op, 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 The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett. Read in English by Mark Nelson. The Continental Op - no hard-boiled private detective has ever been boiled harder. The nameless Pinkerton op from the Continental Detective Agency in San Francisco. Sam Spade before the was a Sam Spade. Five tales from the pages of Black Mask Magazine. Gangsters, molls, gats and goons — everything noir. - Summary by Mark Nelson
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Continental Op
- Author credits: Dashiell Hammett
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 2:50:38
Catalogue topics
- Crime
- private detective
- continental op
- noir
- hammett
Track guide
- 01 - Arson Plus — 40:29
- 02 - Crooked Souls — 35:52
- 03 - Slippery Fingers — 27:57
- 04 - It — 31:18
- 05 - Bodies Piled Up — 35:02
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Source and rights
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