New Dashiell Hammett Story, 'So I Shot Him,' Published 50 Years After His Death : NPR:
He gave us both Sam Spade and Nick and Nora Charles — so for a generation of readers, Dashiell Hammett more or less defined both 'hard-boiled' and 'suave.' Not bad, that.
Now, from the long-deceased author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, comes a never-before-published short story: 'So I Shot Him.' It's suspenseful, full of secrets no one's telling, and — according to Andrew Gulli, editor of the mystery magazine that's publishing the story — somewhat more than what you might think of as vintage Hammett.
Well, I'll drink to that. Success to crime.
