Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, Red Harvest

As an operative for Pinkerton’s Detective Agency Dashiell Hammett knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. Despite – or because of – that, Hammett had an enormous effect on mainstream writers between the wars.

In calitate de agent al agentiei de detectivi a lui Pinkerton, Dashiell Hammett stia despre investigatii din interior, dar cariera sa a fost intrerupta de distrugerea sanatatii sale in Primul Razboi Mondial. In ciuda - sau din cauza - asta, Hammett a avut un efect enorm asupra scriitorilor mainstream intre razboaiele.