Reading order · 2 books · 1929 · Mostly set in the fictional Personville, Montana
The Continental Op Books in Order
The Continental Op is a nameless, short, overweight, tough operative of the Continental Detective Agency in San Francisco, the first great hardboiled detective. He appears in many short stories and in two novels.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1929
- First book
- Red Harvest
- Latest
- The Dain Curse (1929)
- Setting
- Mostly set in the fictional Personville, Montana
The reading order
Every The Continental Op book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Mostly set in the fictional Personville, Montana
- 1Red Harvest1929With The Continental OpThe Continental Op arrives in the mining town of Personville, known as Poisonville, to meet a client who is murdered before they can talk.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Dain Curse1929With The Continental OpThe Continental Op investigates a minor diamond theft from a San Francisco family, and is drawn into the tragic life of Gabrielle Leggett, a young woman who believes her family is cursed.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Red Harvest first, then The Dain Curse.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | The Continental Op | The Old Man |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Red Harvest | LLead | ·Minor |
| 2 The Dain Curse | LLead | ·Minor |
Characters in the The Continental Op books
2 characters from Dashiell Hammett’s chart, with the number of The Continental Op books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| The Continental OpNameless operative of the Continental Detective Agency | 2 | Red Harvest 1929 |
| The Old ManHead of the agency's San Francisco office | 2 | Red Harvest 1929 |