The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett Sam Spade is a private detective in San Francisco. He is stoic, shows little emotion, and likes to be a thorn in the side of the police, who seem to have it out for him or are trying to find him at fault in some way. A woman named Brigid comes to him looking for help under an assumed name. She refuses to tell him how he can help her, but insists she needs him. Sam and his partner (Archer) take her case and Archer ends up murdered, along with another man who turns out to be Brigid's former associate in search of the Maltese Falcon, a gold statue that is worth a fortune. But they were not the only ones looking for it. Another set of characters was also on the hunt, among them the leader Gutman, the surprising gay character Cairo, and Wilmer Cook, a youth who is good with guns. A series of events leads the whole group to come together with Sam Spade trying to figure out how everyone is involved. He learns about their various connections to the ...