The Maltese Falcon Paperback Book - Dashiell Hammett - Black Lizard 1992 Edition

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nFEATURING THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED THE AMC SERIES MONSIEUR SPADE STARRING CLIVE OWEN\n\nONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME\n\nDetective 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\u2014a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade\u2019s new client Brigid O\u2019Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime. \n\nThese are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett\u2019s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of reader.