Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
Play
Length 6 h 24 min
Chapters 27
First published 1929
The Continental Detective Agency’s Op is sent on a case to Personville. The locals call their town “Poisonville,” and the Op would soon find out why as the bodies start piling up. Dirty cops, gang wars, and hit men are all at play in Dashiell Hammett’s first full-length novel featuring the Continental Op, the original hard-boiled private detective. - Summary by Mark Nelson
Chapters
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Chapter 1: A Woman in Green and a Man in Gray Read by Mark Nelson 16:49
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Chapter 2: The Czar of Poisonville Read by Mark Nelson 17:53
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Chapter 3: Dinah Brand Read by Mark Nelson 17:05
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Chapter 4: Hurricane Street Read by Mark Nelson 17:59
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Chapter 5: Old Elihu Talks Sense Read by Mark Nelson 14:48
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Chapter 6: Whisper’s Joint Read by Mark Nelson 14:13
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Chapter 7: That’s Why I Sewed You Up Read by Mark Nelson 15:46
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Chapter 8: A Tip on Kid Cooper Read by Mark Nelson 8:42
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Chapter 9: A Black Knife Read by Mark Nelson 17:06
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Chapter 10: Crime Wanted—Male or Female Read by Mark Nelson 11:47
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Chapter 11: The Swell Spoon Read by Mark Nelson 14:04
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Chapter 12: A New Deal Read by Mark Nelson 15:06
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Chapter 13: —$200.10— Read by Mark Nelson 11:51
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Chapter 14: Max Read by Mark Nelson 13:02
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Chapter 15: Cedar Hill Inn Read by Mark Nelson 15:46
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Chapter 16: Exit Jerry Read by Mark Nelson 9:55
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Chapter 17: Reno Read by Mark Nelson 18:21
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Chapter 18: Painter Street Read by Mark Nelson 7:24
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Chapter 19: The Peace Conference Read by Mark Nelson 12:16
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Chapter 20: Laudanum Read by Mark Nelson 15:48
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Chapter 21: The Seventeenth Murder Read by Mark Nelson 12:50
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Chapter 22: The Ice Pick Read by Mark Nelson 19:25
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Chapter 23: Mr. Charles Proctor Dawn Read by Mark Nelson 14:11
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Chapter 24: Wanted Read by Mark Nelson 13:09
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Chapter 25: Whiskeytown Read by Mark Nelson 8:26
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Chapter 26: Blackmail Read by Mark Nelson 13:24
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Chapter 27: Warehouses Read by Mark Nelson 17:12
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