The Maltese falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
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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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The Maltese Falcon (Crime Masterworks)
March 21, 2002, Orion, Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Issued in a case.
Map on lining papers.
"Limited to 400 copies, printed ... under the direction of Andrew Hoyem ... This book is the eleventh publication of the press"--Colophon.
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