# Sue Hambleton — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Sue Hambleton in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sue, the Hambleton, Sue Hambleton, old man Hambleton, Old man Hambleton, Hambleton

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

## Who they are

A woman involved in a family dispute over inheritance and murder.

## In the story

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

The youngest member of the wealthy Hambleton family who rejected her upbringing and ran off with gangsters; she has resurfaced in San Francisco and is asking for help.

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

Expected to arrive after Wales goes to get her; the Op has brought money for her.

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

The real target of the fraud; revealed to be at the St. Martin with Babe McCloor.

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

Found dead in her apartment, apparently poisoned; bruises on face and neck.

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

Mentioned as having been murdered; her letter to Wales is shown.

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

Mentioned as having been found dead, prompting police to watch for McCloor.

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

Murder victim; autopsy reveals chronic arsenic poisoning.

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

Mentioned as the woman who was poisoned by Holy Joe and died after telling McCloor she was poisoned.

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

Died of arsenic poisoning; suspected of building immunity to poison Babe McCloor.

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