Arson Plus
Author: Dashiell Hammett
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Languages: English, RU
Genre: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Short story
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When a reclusive man dies in a suspicious house fire outside Sacramento, the Continental Op is hired to find out whether it was really arson.
Characters
- The Continental Op — the narrator: A nameless detective from the Continental Detective Agency's San Francisco office.
- Jim Tarr — county sheriff: The fat sheriff of Sacramento County, an old working acquaintance of the Op.
- McClump — deputy sheriff: A lazy but sharp young deputy sheriff of Sacramento County, the Op's partner in the case.
- Thornburgh — the householder: A secretive, well-to-do man who bought an isolated house near Sacramento for a private invention.
- Evelyn Trowbridge — Thornburgh's niece: Thornburgh's elegant young niece, his only living relative and heir in San Francisco.
- The Coonses — caretakers: A married couple hired as caretakers for Thornburgh's isolated household.
- Handerson — traveling salesman: A traveling cleanser salesman who says he saw the fire while driving home from Wayton.