The Thin Man (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Dashiell Hammett
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Setting: New York
- Principal Characters: Mimi Jorgensen, Dorothy Wynant, Gilbert Wynant, Christian Jorgensen, Nick Charles, Nora Charles, Herbert Macaulay, Morelli, Arthur Nunheim
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: New York
- Locales: Manhattan, NY
The Story:
Nick Charles, a onetime detective and now a California lumberman, arrived in New York with his wife, Nora, for the Christmas holidays. He was drawn into investigating the murder of Julia Wolf, who was the secretary of Nick’s old client, Clyde Wynant, a lunatic-fringe inventor whose wife had divorced him in order to marry a man named Christian Jorgensen. Wynant was reported to be out of town, working on a new project, and Herbert Macaulay, his attorney, had told police that he had not seen him since October, when Wynant had given him power of attorney.
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