Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

20 chapters7h 17mEnglish1929

About this book

A beautiful client, a valuable artifact, fake identities, double-crosses and dead bodies. Hard-boiled San Francisco detective Sam Spade has his hands full keeping his client and himself alive while searching for the legendary Maltese Falcon. This is the original serialized version. Originally serialized in Black Mask Magazine and re-released as a novel in 1930, and of course the classic 1941 movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. - Summary by The Narrator

Chapters (20)

1Chapter 1 - Spade and Archer

962

2Chapter 2 - Death in the Fog

1537

3Chapter 3 - Three Women

924

4Chapter 4 - The Black Bird

1579

5Chapter 5 - Cairo's Pockets

869

6Chapter 6 - The Undersized Shadow

1054

7Chapter 7 - G in the Air

1515

8Chapter 8 - Horsefeathers

999

9Chapter 9 - The Liar

944

10Chapter 10 - The Belvedere Divan

1307

11Chapter 11 - Gutman

1334

12Chapter 12 - Merry-Go-Round

1110

13Chapter 13 - The Emperor's Gift

1186

14Chapter 14 - La Paloma

1053

15Chapter 15 - Officials

1305

16Chapter 16 - The Third Murder

1273

17Chapter 17 - Saturday Night

1355

18Chapter 18 - The Fall-Guy

2009

19Chapter 19 - The Russian's Hand

2381

20Chapter 20 - If They Hang You

1548

Maltese Falcon

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Chapters (20)

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