# Red Harvest — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.

- [Red Harvest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/red-harvest.md): The narrator, a detective from the Continental Op, arrives in the corrupt mining town of Personville, also known as Poisonville, and is drawn into a web of violence, deception, and power struggles after being hired by th
- [I: A Woman in Green and a Man in Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/i-a-woman-in-green-and-a-man-in-gray.md): The narrator arrives in Personville, a grim mining town, and meets Donald Willsson's wife at his home. After a tense wait, Mrs. Willsson leaves abruptly and returns with blood on her slipper. The narrator later learns Do
- [II: The Czar of Poisonville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/ii-the-czar-of-poisonville.md): The narrator reads about Donald Willsson's murder in the Morning Herald, then spots Whisper Thaler entering the victim's house and decides to visit Elihu Willsson instead. He meets the old man, who blames his daughter-in
- [III: Dinah Brand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/iii-dinah-brand.md): The narrator investigates Dinah Brand, the recipient of a $5,000 check from the murdered Donald Willsson. He learns from bank cashier Albury that she is a mercenary but oddly compelling woman, and that she deposited the 
- [IV: Hurricane Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/iv-hurricane-street.md): The narrator visits Dinah Brand's home, where he meets Dan Rolff and Dinah. They discuss Donald Willsson's murder, a certified check, and Dinah's financial motives. Dinah reveals she sold information to Donald Willsson a

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- [V: Old Elihu Talks Sense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/v-old-elihu-talks-sense.md)
- [VI: Whisper's Joint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/vi-whisper-s-joint.md)
- [VII: That’s Why I Sewed You Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/vii-that-s-why-i-sewed-you-up.md)
- [VIII: A Tip on Kid Cooper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/viii-a-tip-on-kid-cooper.md)
- [IX: A Black Knife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/ix-a-black-knife.md)
- [X: Crime Wanted—Male or Female](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/x-crime-wanted-male-or-female.md)
- [XI: The Swell Spoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xi-the-swell-spoon.md)
- [XII: A New Deal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xii-a-new-deal.md)
- [XIII: —$200.10—](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xiii-200-10.md)
- [XIV: Max](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xiv-max.md)
- [XV: Cedar Hill Inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xv-cedar-hill-inn.md)
- [XVI: Exit Jerry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xvi-exit-jerry.md)
- [XVII: Reno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xvii-reno.md)
- [XVIII: Painter Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xviii-painter-street.md)
- [XIX: The Peace Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xix-the-peace-conference.md)
- [XX: Laudanum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xx-laudanum.md)
- [XXI: The Seventeenth Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxi-the-seventeenth-murder.md)
- [XXII: The Ice Pick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxii-the-ice-pick.md)
- [XXIII: Mr. Charles Proctor Dawn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxiii-mr-charles-proctor-dawn.md)
- [Wanted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxiv-wanted.md)
- [XXV: Whiskeytown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxv-whiskeytown.md)
- [XXVI: Blackmail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxvi-blackmail.md)
- [XXVII: Warehouses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxvii-warehouses.md)

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