ISBN: 155199965X 9781551999654

Category: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled

Page count: 161

Unlike most of Hammett’s works, the protagonist of <i>The Glass Key</i> isn’t a private detective; Ned Beaumont is a gambler, and the friend of a criminal boss. The action starts when he discovers the body of a senator’s son, and his friend wants him to help cover it up as a means of gaining the senator’s favour. This draws Beaumont into a brewing gang war, and he has to solve the mystery if he wants to get out alive. It has been adapted for film twice.<br>  <br>Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.