# Edward Bohannon — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Edward Bohannon in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Edward Bohannon, Ed Bohannon, Bohannon, Edward Bohannon, Ed

**First appearance:** 0004-bodies-piled-up

## Who they are

A man involved in a criminal investigation.

## In the story

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

A dissipated English architect and opium user; meets the Op at the Golden Horseshoe; drinks heavily and reveals his desire to return to his wife.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v)

Alias used by Norman Ashcraft in Tijuana; the Op wires him under this name.

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

The Englishman; confronted by the Op, escapes after the shootout in a maroon roadster.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix)

Reveals his past as a hotel sneak-thief, his impersonation of Norman Ashcraft after the suicide, and his plot against Mrs. Ashcraft.

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