The Thin Man, novel by Dashiell Hammett, published in 1934. Hammett's portrayal of sophisticated new York cafe society during prohibition and his witty protagonists Nick and Nora Charles made this the most popular of his works,if not the most successful critically.
Nick Charles is a former detective who has given up his profession to manage his wife Nora's lumber fortune, which allows the couple to lead an easy life of nonstop parties and cocktails. yet when the secretary of the former client is murdered,Nick is drawn in, urged by Nora,who loves a mystery. The couples playful banter,rather than the crime,forms the actual center of the book.