Red Harvest

Red Harvest is Dashiell Hammett’s explosive, unflinching novel of crime, corruption, and violent civic collapse—one of the foundational works of American hardboiled noir. When the unnamed Continental Op arrives in the mining town of Personville—nicknamed Poisonville—he finds a brutal landscape ruled by gangsters, crooked politicians, and ruthless industrial interests. Hired to clean up the town, the Op instead ignites a deadly chain reaction of shifting loyalties, betrayals, and escalating bloodshed. Hammett’s fast, unsentimental prose and stark moral ambiguity changed crime fiction forever, influencing Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and generations of noir writers. Red Harvest remains a blistering portrait of power, violence, and a detective who will burn a city to the ground to expose the truth. This Page Classics trade paperback offers the complete, unabridged text in crisp modern typesetting—ideal for noir fans, crime-fiction readers, and students exploring the origins of the hardboiled style.