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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

Brief Description: "Private detective Sam Spade gets entangled in a web of deceit, greed, and murder while investigating the case of a valuable artifact called the Maltese Falcon. Betrayals and...

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Brief Description:
"Private detective Sam Spade gets entangled in a web of deceit, greed, and murder while investigating the case of a valuable artifact called the Maltese Falcon. Betrayals and double-crosses ensue, as Spade tries to solve the case and uncover the truth behind the falcon's mysterious history"--

Table of Contents:
Spade & Archer
Death in the Fog
Three Women
The Black Bird
The Levantine
The Undersized Shadow
G in the Air
Horse Feathers
Brigid
The Belvedere Divan
The Fat Man
Merry-Go-Round
The Emperor's Gift
La Paloma
Every Crackpot
The Third Murder
Saturday Night
The Fall-Guy
The Russian's Hand
If They Hang You

Biographical Note:
Dashiell Hammet (1894-1961) was an American author widely regarded as one of the pioneers of hardboiled detective fiction. Born in Maryland, Hammett worked as a Pinkerton detective before turning to writing, and his real-life experiences informed much of his gritty, realistic storytelling.

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"When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it." --Sam Spade

A physically menacing character--"he looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan"--Detective Sam Spade is a lone wolf with an ambiguous moral compass. When his partner gets killed during a tense stakeout, he's plunged headfirst into an entangled web of deceit, greed, and murder involving an extraordinary treasure with a shady backstory--the Maltese Falcon, a priceless bejeweled bird.

Dashiell Hammett was a master of hard-boiled fiction, revolutionizing American detective stories with the archetypal tough guy character: aloof, sharp, and relentless. Hammett's classic gumshoe mysteries reflected the gritty realism of his own turbulent life, from wartime experiences and political activism in the post-WWI Red Scare to a stint as a Pinkerton detective. His groundbreaking work reshaped crime writing, blurring the lines between hero and villain and transporting generations of readers into a noir world filled with betrayal and corruption.



Author: Hammett, Dashiell
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2025-11-18
BISAC: Fiction / Noir|Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled|Fiction / Crime|Fiction / Classics|Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Subjects: San Francisco|San Francisco (Calif.)|Novels|Private investigators|Spade, Sam (Fictitious character)|California|Detective and mystery fiction
Weight: 0.3 lbs
ISBN: 9780486855356
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780486855356

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