# Papadopoulos — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Papadopoulos in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Papadopoulos, this Papadopoulos

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

## Who they are

A foreign character involved in a criminal enterprise.

## In the story

### [The House in Turk Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/the-house-in-turk-street)

Mentioned as the old man Thomas Quarre; appears with a cocked revolver alongside his wife.

### [The Girl with the Silver Eyes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/the-girl-with-the-silver-eyes)

A character involved in the events surrounding the case.

### [The Whosis Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/the-whosis-kid)

A man Mrs. Almad claims is threatening her, but his role is ambiguous and he is later found dead.

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

Italian grapegrower who found the charred photograph of Ruth Banbrock near Knob Valley.

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

The toothless, cheerful proprietor of the lunch counter who keeps a sawed-off shotgun behind the counter.

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

Referred to as Big 'Nacio; captured, then killed by Peery.

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

A one-legged newsboy who reports the bank robbery and machine gun, and is asked by the Op to watch the street.

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

Referred to as 'the Italian' whom the girl freed; not directly present in the scene.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiii)

The panicked little old man who offers to betray the others and give up the money in exchange for escape.

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

The target of the reward; described as a dangerous criminal with a history of bank robberies and double-crossing.

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

The target of the investigation; the cottage is suspected to be his hideout, but it is found empty.

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

Mentioned as the subject of ongoing search; first indication of being alive noted after Tom-Tom Carey's arrival.

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

Revealed as the master manipulator hiding at Ann Newhall's country house, not Flora's slave.

### [The Raid on the Newhall House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x)

Frightened and shaven; shot dead by Carey while trying to escape.

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

Referenced as the mastermind behind the scheme and the object of Big Flora's affection.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xii)

Revealed as the mastermind who used Nancy Regan and arranged Newhall's murder; killed by Tom-Tom Carey.

## Links

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