Dashiell Hammett is mentioned just after the list of 10 rules: > Dame Agatha and the Detection Club’s rules ushered in what’s known as the Golden Age of detect

Dashiell Hammett is mentioned just after the list of 10 rules: > Dame Agatha and the Detection Club’s rules ushered in what’s known as the Golden Age of detective fiction. However, on the other side of the pond, a revolution in form was brewing in the livers of Dashiell Hammett and his successor Raymond Chandler. Hardboiled cop fiction took all Agatha Christie’s rules and blew them straight to hell. Or was the article edited after your comment? [Edit: apparently the whole URL was changed...] > Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity are also great explorations of the postwar noir genre God how I love that movie. It's perfect in every sense of the word. "There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff."