Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett

One of Hammett's masterpieces, this is the most vivid and realistic picture of gang war ever written–and one of the most exciting of all suspense novels.

From the Inside Flap
When the last honest citizen of Poisonville was murdered, the Continental Op stayed on to punish the guilty–even if that meant taking on an entire town. Red Harvest is more than a superb crime novel: it is a classic exploration of corruption and violence in the American grain.