The Maltese Falcon [electronic resource]
Hammett, Dashiell2020
eAudioBook
The definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre, The Maltese Falcon first appeared in the pages of Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was almost immediately acknowledged as not only a great crime novel but an enduring masterpiece of American fiction. Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade—a man who, as his creator explained, is "able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with"—is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters—all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles V of Spain. Made of gold and encrusted with jewels, the falcon is worth a fortune. Missing for centuries, it resurfaced in Paris in 1911, covered in black enamel to disguise its value, and then disappeared again until it was traced to Constantinople—and now, it would seem, to Spade's own backyard.
Main title:
The Maltese Falcon [electronic resource] / Dashiell Hammett
Author:
Hammett, Dashiell, AuthorDean, Robertson, Narrator
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 1-2
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time. In addition to The Maltese Falcon, his pioneering novels include Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Thin Man.
ISBN:
9781982525415
Language:
English
BRN:
791614