[DieHard the Hunter]

> The source of course couldn’t be Chandler himself. L.A.’s literary legend, arguably the greatest crime novelist of all time, had died 50 years earlier.

Gotta love Chandler, tho’ the greatest crime novelist of all time he ain’t. That distinction goes to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, closely followed by Leslie Charteris. Chandler gets a close third.

[SAJ]

Love Conan Doyle, but he simply wasn't a novelist. The Holmes oeuvre is comprised of 56 short stories and 4 novellas.

s/ Former Baker St. Irregular

[nickcarraway]

Dashiell Hammett. he actually worked for Pinkerton and was an amazing stylist.