The hunter and other stories

Introduction

Crime. Commentary ; "The hunter" ; "The sign of the potent pills" ; "The diamond wager" ; "Action and the Quiz Kid"

Men. Commentary ; "Fragments of justice" "A throne for the worm" ; "Magic" ; "Faith" ; "An inch and a half of glory" ; "Nelson Redline" ; "Monk and Johnny Fox" ; "The cure"

Men and women. Commentary ; "Seven pages" ; "The breech-born" ; "The lovely strangers" ; "Week-end" ; "On the way"

Screen stories. Commentary ; "The kiss-off" ; "Devil's playground" ; "On the make"

Appendix, the lost spade. Commentary ; "A knife will cut for anybody"

Afterword

Ebook bonus materials: Hammett in process. Commentary ; "The secret emperor" ; "My brother Felix: September 20, 1938" ; "My brother Felix: Time to die".