One Hour
Author: Dashiell Hammett
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Languages: English, RU
Genre: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Short story
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A wealthy client's stolen car runs down a small-town printer on a San Francisco street, and the Continental Op has only until Monday's court date to find out who was really driving.
Characters
- The Continental Op — the narrator: The unnamed operative racing to clear his client's car of a fatal hit-and-run.
- Mr. Chrostwaite — the client: A bloated, gin-soaked salesman whose stolen touring car killed a pedestrian.
- John Newhouse — the printer: San Francisco print-shop owner run down and killed by a stolen car.
- Ben Soules — the foreman: Newhouse's print-shop foreman, running the business after the owner's death.
- Hendrik Van Pelt — the Hollander: A Dutch businessman planning to open a tobacco-import house in the city.
- Coffee — the patrolman: Big, sandy-haired patrolman who first investigated Newhouse's death.