# Peery — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Peery in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Peery

**First appearance:** 0000-arson-plus

## Snapshot

A fellow operative in the same tight circle as the Op, Peery trades information and backup on cases where the agency's interests and the police overlap.

## Who they are

Peery belongs to the working network of detectives and cops the Op relies on, the kind of colleague who shows up when a case turns violent and the paperwork has to be sorted afterward. He is less a rival than a peer, someone who understands the Continental's methods and the limits of what the agency will let an operative get away with. His presence grounds the Op's world in the ordinary machinery of investigation.

## In the story

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

Ranch boss who initially offers the horse Rollo, then tries to stop the Op from riding after multiple falls.

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

Calls for horses to go to town; challenges the Op's authority over the Slim Vogel killing.

### [Chapter VI: The Killing of Slim Vogel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Accuses Nisbet of murder and threatens violence; confronts the Op.

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

Confronted by the Op about the rope used in Nisbet's killing; refuses to surrender.

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

Mentioned as the recipient of the Op's warning about Big 'Nacio.

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

Mentioned as leading the ranch hands in fighting off Big Nacio's men.

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

Arrives with his riders, calling for the Op and Milk River to surrender.

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

Kills Big 'Nacio and is shot dead by Milk River during the standoff.

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