Crashing Dash’s Pad

Honestly, The Rap Sheet aspires to be more than a birthday blog, but hey, it’s been a big week.

Dashiell Hammett was born on this date, 1894. Lots has been written about Hammett, and I won’t try to improve on any of it, especially what has already appeared on the Mother Ship; so instead, I’d like to share this tour of Hammett’s apartment that was posted by San Francisco writer Mark Coggins in January. Coggins is the creator of the August Riordan series, which began with The Immortal Game (recently reissued by those shrewd folks at Bleak House Books), and continues with the forthcoming Candy from Strangers. Mark is a very interesting P.I. writer, well worth your attention (and in the interest of full disclosure, I should add he’s a former Mystery News interview subject of mine).

Happy Birthday, Dash.