The Maltese falcon

Description

Classic noir. Private detective Sam Spade is hired to search for a valuable, gem-encrusted antique in the shape of a falcon. 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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Genres

• Fiction

Series Statement

• Vintage crime

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Other Editions

• The Maltese falconVintage Books1989-01-01
• The Maltese Falcon.Grosset & Dunlap1930-01-01
• The Maltese Falcon 1ST Modern Library EditionModern Library1934-01-01
• The Maltese FalconMass Market PaperbackDoubleday1957-01-01
• The Maltese FalconVintage1972-04-12
• The Maltese falconNorth Point Press1984-01-01