Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, a
nd "The Thin Man" was Hammett's last--and most successful--novel. Following the
enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to wr
ite stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas, for the fil
ms that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man." Bringing back his cl
assic characters, retired private investigator Nick Charles and his former debut
ante wife Nora, who return home to find Nora's family gardener murdered, pulling
the couple back into another deadly game of cat and mouse. Hammett has written
two fully satisfying "Thin Man" stories, with classic, barbed Hammett dialogue a
nd fully developed characters.
