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The detective untangles a web of robberies, lies and murder. It is discovered that Gabrielle Leggett is under the influence of a mysterious religious cult and is also addicted to morphine. Gabrielle escapes from the cult and marries her fiancé Eric Collinson, but bloodshed continues to follow her.
- Dashiell Hammett
- 1929
Miss Gabriel Dain Leggett is young and wealthy, with a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her. They die - violently. Is she the victim of a family curse? She believes so and has been reminded of the curse many times.
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Only the Op and the focus of the novel, Gabrielle Leggett, are at all developed. Gabrielle is a Dain on her mother’s side, a twenty-year-old dope addict at the present time of the novel.
Nov 26, 2020 · Structurally, what we have here is essentially four novellas — belying Hammett’s apprenticeship in the pulps, writing stories in instalments — which all centre on the youthful Gabrielle Dain Leggett.
Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett is young, wealthy, and a devotee of morphine and religious cults. She has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit of dying violently. Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse?
Oct 7, 2019 · Gabrielle, as a child, was made to kill her mother; Gabrielle’s maid was made to kill Riese and nearly me. Leggett left behind him a statement explaining — not altogether satisfactorily —...
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Apr 16, 2024 · Is Gabrielle the victim of a family curse? Or is the truth about her weirder and infinitely more dangerous? The Dain Curse is one of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases, and a tautly crafted masterpiece of suspense.
