The Dain Curse

By (author): "Dashiell Hammett"
Publish Date: 1929
The Dain Curse
ISBN0752851802
ISBN139780752851808
AsinThe Dain Curse
CharactersThe Continental Op, Edgar Leggett, Alice Dain, Madison Andrews, Dick C
Original titleThe Dain Curse
SeriesThe Continental Op #2
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.