The Maltese Falcon
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- Synopsis
- THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780752847641
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780752847641
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 05/05/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Orion Publishing Group
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Year 7 - 1st Form - KS3, Year 8 - 2nd Form - KS3, Year 9 - 3rd Form - KS3
- Submitted By:
- RNIB Bookshare (Staff)
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.