# Stanley Gorham — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Stanley Gorham in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Stan, Stanley Tennant, Tennant

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

## Who they are

Stanley Tennant, the assistant city engineer, wears respectability like a coat — and underneath it, a past he'll lie, bruise, and bleed to keep buried.

## In the story

### [Women, Politics & Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/women-politics-murder)

Assistant city engineer with a corrupt reputation; frames the Op for assaulting Cara.

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

Referred to as 'Stan' by Cara; she claims she went to his apartment after the murder, that he had been with Gilmore earlier, and that he was worried about being implicated in a shady deal.

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

Revealed as Stanley Tennant, assistant city engineer with a corrupt reputation; he attacks the Op and orchestrates a frame-up.

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

Arrested alongside the Op and Cara Kenbrook; he tells a fabricated story to the police, claiming the Op assaulted Cara.

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

Apologizes to the Op and offers to drop the assault charge; attempts to bribe the Op with money.

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