# Bob Teal — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Bob Teal in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bob Teal, Bob, Teal

**First appearance:** 0000-arson-plus

## Who they are

A fellow operative from the Continental Detective Agency.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Reports on Jacob Ledwich's flat and is assigned to tail him.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Rents an apartment on Laguna Street and initially shadows Ledwich before being reassigned to watch the flat.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii)

Assists the Op in surveillance from a rented apartment across from Ledwich's flat.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii)

Discovers the newspaper report about the body in the park, identifies it as Boyd, and keeps watch on Ledwich.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as having worked with the Op on the Boyd case.

### [Who Killed Bob Teal?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/who-killed-bob-teal)

A promising young detective from the Continental Agency, murdered while shadowing Herbert Whitacre.

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