# Creda Dexter — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Creda Dexter in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Creda Dexter, Creda DexterвАЩs, Creda, The Creda Dexter

**First appearance:** 0057-women-politics-murder

## Who they are

A woman involved in a family murder case.

## In the story

### [I: “Do You Know… Emil Bonfils?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i-do-you-know-emil-bonfils)

Young woman with whom Leopold Gantvoort was infatuated; Charles suspects her of being a fortune hunter.

### [III: “A Sleek Kitten That Dame!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii-a-sleek-kitten-that-dame)

Gantvoort's fiancée, a catlike woman with restless pupils; claims ignorance of threats and Bonfils, but shows fear when asked about her brother.

### [IV: “Maybe That Ain’t So Foolish!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv-maybe-that-ain-t-so-foolish)

Referred to as 'the Dexter kitten'; her potential rival suitor becomes the new focus.

### [V: “Meet Mr. Smith”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v-meet-mr-smith)

Under surveillance; the Op questions her about former lovers but she denies any; her past remains a mystery.

### [VII: “You Have a Lot of Fun, Don’t You?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii-you-have-a-lot-of-fun-don-t-you)

Opens the door to the apartment and later tries to revive Smith.

### [VIII: “I Hope You Swing!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii-i-hope-you-swing)

Reveals she is not Madden's sister but his former partner; turns against him and helps convict him.

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