The Maltese Falcon

FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES MONSIEUR SPADE STARRING CLIVE OWEN ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout,he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenanceΓÇöa golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairoan oversized adventurer named Gutmanand SpadeΓÇÖs new client Brigid OΓÇÖShaughnessya beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. These are the ingredients of Dashiell HammettΓÇÖs coolly glittering gem of detective fictiona novel that has haunted generations of readers.