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Private detective Sam Spade is hired by Miss Wonderly to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. However, Miss Wonderly is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy; and her real goal is the Maltese falcon, reputed to contain priceless jewels. Things take a turn for the worse, when Spade's partner is shot while on Thursby's trail, and Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted.
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The Maltese Falcon. Der Malteser Falke, Englische Ausgabe - Complete & Unabridged, Dashiell Hammett
- Language
- Released
- 2013
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Dashiell Hammett
- Publisher
- CRW Publishing
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 1909621064
- ISBN13
- 9781909621060
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Mystery & Thriller, Religious Topics, Religion, Thriller, Spirituality, Classics, Christian Themes, Suspense, Christianity, USA, Murders, Detective Fiction, Faith, Detective, Adapted for Film, Jews, America, God, Noir, Jesus Christ, Crimes, God and man, Private Detective, Christian Faith, San Francisco, Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction
- First published
- 1930
- Original title
- The Maltese Falcon
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Private detective Sam Spade is hired by Miss Wonderly to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. However, Miss Wonderly is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy; and her real goal is the Maltese falcon, reputed to contain priceless jewels. Things take a turn for the worse, when Spade's partner is shot while on Thursby's trail, and Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted.