# Raymond Elwood — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Raymond Elwood in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Raymond Elwood, this Raymond Elwood, Elwood, Usually Elwood, Raymond, the Elwood

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

## Who they are

A man whose death is investigated by the Op.

## In the story

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

A sleek-haired young man in a real estate office who provides no useful information.

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

Suspicious real estate agent with no known clients; connected to multiple women in the case; frequents the yellow house on Telegraph Hill with various women.

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

Glimpsed furtively at the foot of the stairs before vanishing into the dark hall.

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

Found sobbing and locked in a passageway; shot through the chest by the Op.

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

Confederate of Hador, brought women to the cult; presumed dead upstairs.

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

Reported dead by Pat.

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