The Maltese Falcon (Murder Room): Featuring the iconic detective Sam Spade, now on TV as Monsieur Spade

The Maltese Falcon (Murder Room): Featuring the iconic detective Sam Spade, now on TV as Monsieur Spade

by Dashiell Hammett (Author), Dashiell Hammett (Author)

Synopsis

One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Orion
Published:

ISBN 10: 0752865331
ISBN 13: 9780752865331
Book Overview: One of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century.

Author Bio
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was born in Maryland and worked in a number of menial jobs until he became an operative for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. His experiences as a private detective laid the foundations for his writing career. His work includes Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Thin Man and some eighty short stories, mostly published in Black Mask magazine.