Noir Box Set: Lost Gems by Raymond Chandler, Hammett, and James M. Cain

Description

The Noir Box Set collects four back issues of The Strand Magazine, each carrying a lost piece by one of the great noir writers:

• “So I Shot Him” by Dashiell Hammett (Issue 33, February–May 2011)
• “Advice to an Employer” by Raymond Chandler (Issue 61, 2020)
• “Advice to a Secretary” by Raymond Chandler (Issue 63, March–June 2021)
• “Blackmail” by James M. Cain (Issue 69)

Each issue comes complete with the rest of its fiction, interviews and reviews. In the Hammett issue, for instance, you’ll also find the final part of “The Empty Chair,” the serial Graham Greene began, and a Sherlock Holmes story by Lyndsay Faye. The Chandler issues include Agatha Christie’s Poirot story “Christmas Adventure” and an interview with Michael Koryta.

Browse more issues of The Strand here, or, for more noir, see the 50 Must-Read Noir Detective Novels.