# Norman Ashcraft — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Norman Ashcraft in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Norman Ashcraft, Mrs. Ashcraft, Ashcraft, This Ashcraft, this Ashcraft, this Mrs. Ashcraft, Mrs. Norman Ashcraft, Norman

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

## Who they are

A man and his wife involved in a case of blackmail and murder.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i)

English architect, about 37, who disappeared after a quarrel with his wife; became a drug addict and now lives in San Francisco, collecting monthly payments from her.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Target of the investigation; uses the alias Ed Bohannon and lives in Tijuana.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Subject of the investigation, living in Tijuana under the alias Ed Bohannon.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Norman Ashcraft's wife, who is informed of her husband's whereabouts and entrusts the Op with the mission.

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

Mrs. Ashcraft's husband, living in Tijuana under the alias Ed Bohannon; the Op spends three days with him drinking and gathering information.

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

Reported disappeared in a telegram; seen driving a maroon roadster near Palm City.

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

Revealed to be an impostor; the man claiming to be Ashcraft is confronted by the Op and admits to the impersonation scheme.

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

Committed suicide in a Seattle hotel room; his identity was assumed by Bohannon.

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

Mentioned as the widow whom Bohannon targeted for her wealth.

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