# Flypaper explained — Continental Op Stories

> Chapter companion for Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

## What happens

The Continental Op investigates a series of connected crimes involving arson, forgery, and murder, navigating a web of deception and violence in the urban underworld.

## Themes in this chapter

### Crime and Detection

The Op's investigation into arson, forgery, and murder drives the chapter.

### Deception and Identity

Characters assume false identities and conceal their true motives.

## Character check-ins

### The Continental Op

The protagonist and investigator, navigating the case.

### Burke Pangburn

A suspect in the forgery case connected to the White Shack.

### Bernard Gilmore

Victim of a murder investigation linked to the events.

### Jacob Ledwich

A key figure who confesses to the Estep scheme.

## Key lines

> The Op reflects on the tangled web of lies and violence.

The detective considers the complex and dangerous nature of the case.

_Highlights the theme of deception._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/flypaper
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/continental_op_stories_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters