Herein are the first five Continental Op stories, written in 1923 by Dashiell Hammett and published in The Black Mask magazine.Written in first person, these are the stories of an unnamed operative for the Continental Detective Agency. The operative deals with the gamut of human crime and cruelty.Arson Plus (1923)Crooked Souls (1923)Slippery Fingers (1923)It (1923)Bodies Piled Up (1923)