# Mr. Kilcourse — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Mr. Kilcourse in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Kilcourse, Kilcourse

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

## Who they are

A man involved in a criminal scheme.

## In the story

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

A guest at the Marquis Hotel who called the White Shack; described as tall, dark, and elegant.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiv)

Present at Joplin's table during Pangburn's murder; later confronted by the Op.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xv)

Flees with the girl in a yellow roadster, shoots at the Op, and is shot by the Op during the ambush.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xvi)

Found dead with a bullet-hole above his collarbone; referred to as 'poor Fag' by Billie.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xvii)

Fag Kilcourse, who blackmailed Billie for $20,000 and later shot Burke.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xix)

Implied as Cara's accomplice in the forgery and murder plot.

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