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 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.
These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.
***With a new introduction by Richard Russo***