A short novel by Hammett, first serialized in the 1930s, about a young woman who flees a violent man and takes shelter in an isolated house. Her arrival draws a neighbor into her troubles, and the past soon follows her. It is a brief, tense tale of loyalty, danger and unwanted attachment, told in Hammett's lean style. It is a minor work compared with his major novels but offers a different, more intimate setting.
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One thing I like about bananas is that they got no bones in them.