Dashiell Hammett

Before Sam Spade chased the black bird in The Maltese Falcon and Nick and Nora Charles stirred their first martinis in The Thin Man, the Con…

Biographer Nathan Ward has called “The Tenth Clew” Dashiell Hammett’s “first real jewel of a story.” In it, Hammett’s nameless Continental D…

The death of a well known San Francisco doctor brings a charge of murder for his wife, but is it murder or suicide, and is she really his wi…

Dashiell Hammett’s hardboiled detective is assigned by his agency to guard a stash of wedding presents on an exclusive Bay Area island. Jus…

This collection is for any short story in the English Language in the public domain, selected and read by Librivox volunteers. This collecti…

It's time to enjoy our 108th Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories have been selected by the readers and include gems by O. Henry, Le…