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Dėshil Khėmmet - sozdatelʹ unikalʹnogo napravlenii͡a "krutoĭ detektiv", vskore stavshego klassicheskim v kanone amerikanskoĭ literatury. U vesʹma izvestnoĭ v San-Frant͡sisko semʹi pokhishcheny almazy, i rassledovatʹ krazhu porucheno li͡ubimomu geroi͡u Khėmmeta, ni razu ne nazvannomu avtorom po imeni, no "skopirovannomu" s realʹnogo cheloveka, syshchika iz znamenitogo detektivnogo agentstva Pinkertona. Propazha dragot͡sennykh kamneĭ - lishʹ pervoe zveno v t͡sepochke kraĭne strannykh sobytiĭ. Soobshchivshiĭ o krazhe chelovek sovershaet samoubiĭstvo, kotoroe vygli͡adit somnitelʹno. U ego docheri massa vrednykh privychek i ti͡aga k religioznym kulʹtam, i vdobavok li͡udi v ee okruzhenii gibnut odin za drugim. Neuzheli i vpri͡amʹ ėta devushka - zhertva rodovogo prokli͡atii͡a? Ili zhe istina kuda menee sverkhʺestestvenna, zato kuda bolee opasna?

Dashiell Hammett is the creator of the unique "cool detective" genre, which soon became a classic in the canon of American literature. Diamonds have been stolen from a very well-known family in San Francisco, and Hammett's favorite character has been assigned to investigate the theft, never named by the author, but "copied" from a real person, a detective from the famous Pinkerton detective agency. The loss of precious stones is just the first link in a chain of extremely strange events. The person who reported the theft commits suicide, which looks questionable. His daughter has a lot of bad habits and a craving for religious cults, and in addition, people in her environment are dying one by one. Is this girl really a victim of the ancestral curse? Or is the truth much less supernatural, but much more dangerous?