The Thin Man
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The Thin Man (1934) is Hammett's final novel and a departure from the bleak realism of his earlier work. Retired detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are drawn into a murder case involving a missing inventor, his dysfunctional family, and a trail of bodies. Witty, sophisticated, and soaked in Prohibition-era martinis, it spawned a beloved film series and became the template for the husband-wife detective genre.
