The Continental Op book 1 · 1929
Red Harvest
The Continental Op arrives in the mining town of Personville, known as Poisonville, to meet a client who is murdered before they can talk. The town is run by gangsters, and the Op sets out to turn them against each other.
Spoiler-free summary written for The Recurring Cast.
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Book facts
- Author
- Dashiell Hammett
- Series
- The Continental Op, book 1 of 2
- Published
- 1929
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Personville, Montana
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Red Harvest
2 recurring or key characters from Dashiell Hammett’s chart. Introduces The Continental Op and The Old Man.
Lead 1
- The Continental OpFirst appearanceNameless operative of the Continental Detective AgencyCleans up the corrupt mining town of Personville
Minor and cameo 1
- The Old ManFirst appearanceHead of the agency's San Francisco office