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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1930
Pages
Pages 220

A private eye's partner is murdered on a routine job, and chasing the killer pulls him into a pack of liars after a jewel-crusted statuette. He falls for the woman behind it, then turns her in, because a partner's death has to be answered.

I won't play the sap for you.
The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett

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