Dashiell Hammett

'Treasure Island' author Robert Louis Stevenson returns

2013-03-14 10:24:00

A brief, long-lost essay by "Treasure Island" author Robert Louis Stevenson will be published on Friday, the Associated Press reports. The essay will appear in the Strand magazine, a mystery fiction quarterly out of Birmingham, Mich. The Strand has...

Where to stay in San Francisco on the relatively cheap

2013-02-24 00:00:00

Your choices in San Francisco hotels are overwhelming. The prices can be too. So during our staff visit to the City by the Bay, we looked for reasonably priced hotels that had charm, location or both. We came back with 14 ideas on places to bed down. It's...

‘Looper’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson are a tight team

2012-08-31 11:42:22

88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress

2012-07-04 16:36:52

IMAGE Wanton Ways

2012-04-01 16:39:30

Ten Most Wanted

2012-04-01 16:39:36

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

Interview: When 'L.A. Noir' meets 'The Walking Dead'

2012-01-18 16:35:15

Book review: 'Before I Go to Sleep' by S.J. Watson

2011-08-06 00:00:00

S.J. Watson's debut novel, "Before I Go to Sleep," is a brilliant, nasty noir. It drags you down into deep, dark and disturbing waters. It entertains while touching on complex questions of the meaning of identity and memory. A young woman wakes up in bed...

Happy birthday, Raymond Chandler!

2011-07-23 16:35:43

San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better getaway?

2010-01-31 00:00:00

Every year, millions of people find themselves craving a vacation from greater Los Angeles. Many of these people don't want to cross state lines or climb mountains or contend with deserts, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, redwoods, Gold Country or Mickey Mouse....

Joe Gores dies at 79; prize-winning mystery writer

2011-01-14 00:00:00

Joe Gores, a former San Francisco private investigator who became a prize-winning author of hardboiled mysteries such as "Hammett," "Come Morning" and "Spade & Archer," has died. He was 79. A resident of San Anselmo, Calif., Gores died of a stomach...

Poly graduate, Dashiell Hammett : Author who wrote detective novels, including The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man

2010-08-20 11:44:17

) in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) Sleuthing style: Classy and tough with a rock-solid moral code that not even the most cunning femme fatale can crack.

2009-02-04 08:31:47

The apartment building at Post and Hyde in San Francisco was not only Sam Spade s supposed residence, but it was also Dashiell Hammett s address.

2005-05-20 07:59:29