ANNOTATIONNick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve crimes in between wisecracks and martinis.FROM THE PUBLISHERNick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINGHammett did over and over what only the best writers ever do...he wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before.– Raymond ChandlerThe most breathless of Hammett's stories.– Sinclair Lewis