The Maltese Falcon

<b><b>FEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES <i>MONSIEUR SPADE </i>STARRING CLIVE OWEN</b><br><br>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME<br><br></b>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 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. <br><br>These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.<br><br> <b>*With a new introduction by Richard Russo*</b>