The Maltese Falcon - Hammett, Dashiell

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The Maltese Falcon by Hammett, Dashiell Format: Trade PaperbackPublished by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1992 Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethi cs. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers. Show more