THE MALTESE FALCON - NOVEL BY DASHIELL HAMMETT - GUNSTON CLASSICS
SEPT 1929 - Originally: serialized in the September Issue of BLACK MASK MAGAZINE - In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade is introduced and gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman . As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.