The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories

5 best books like The Adventures of Sam Spade and Other Stories (Dashiell Hammett): Kim, The High Window, Tell Me About Your Day Today, Playback, Triple Jeopardy

AuthorRudyard Kipling
ISBN0140183523
Kim is set in an imperialistic world; a world strikingly masculine, dominated by travel, trade and adventure, a world in which there is no question of the division between white and non-white.

Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of...
The High Window
AuthorRaymond Chandler
ISBN0394758269
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune—the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation.

"Raymond Chandler is a star of...
Tell Me About Your Day Today
AuthorMem Fox
A boy and his favorite stuffed animals share their days with one another in this cozy bedtime picture book from Mem Fox.

There was once a boy who loved bedtime.

What could be more wonderful than sharing bedtime with beloved friends? The little boy in this gentle and fun story loves to...
Playback
AuthorRaymond Chandler
ISBN0394757661
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7), Raymond Chandler
Playback is a novel by Raymond Chandler, featuring the private detective Philip Marlowe. It was first published in Britain in July 1958; the US edition followed in October that year. Chandler died the following year; Playback is his last completed...
Triple Jeopardy
AuthorRex Stout
ISBN0553763075
Don't tempt Nero Wolfe to find the culprit. When foul play's the game, he always wins--and in these three crime puzzles, the stakes are high.

HOME TO ROOST
THE COP-KILLER
THE SQUIRT AND THE MONKEY

First, there's little nourishment for the detective when someone drops a poison...
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