Biographer Layman (Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett) and Rivett, Hammett's granddaughter, offer a deeply involving anthology of the voluminous correspondence of Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), ...

The man who made the American style of detective fiction international and who, according to his peer and contemporary Raymond Chandler, “gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for ...

Dashiell Hammett, read by Richard Ferrone. AudioGO, , unabridged, five CDs, 6.5 hrs., $59.95 ISBN 978-0-7927-7801-1 An unnamed detective arrives in Personville (nicknamed “Poisonville” by its ...

John Huston's The Maltese Falcon ranks as one of the greatest film noirs of time, noted for its exceptional story and array of stunning performances by an all-star cast. Originally made in 1931, the ...

A one-hour public television (PBS) biography of Dashiell Hammett, creator of the "hardboiled" modern detective novel and author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man." It follows Hammett's life ...

I’ve been following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse trial in New York and I was interested particularly in the testimony of a private investigator named Sam Anson. Sam Anson was called to the stand ...

When a man’s trench coat wears as thin as a specious simile, he’s supposed to do something about it. Basically, get a new trench coat. Fedoras, too. And shoes. Lots of ‘em — snazzy, sturdy, maybe ...

Is “Monsieur Spade” the stuff that dreams are made of? It may depend on one’s attitude toward recycling. Some audiences recoil reflexively at the co-opting of pop-cultural iconography, regarding it as ...

Montanans are putting forth an ingenious ballot measure that, while it wouldn’t legally overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, would negate its ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade with a red and black background. Image via Warner Bros. John Huston's The Maltese Falcon ranks as one of the greatest film noirs of time, noted for its exceptional story ...