The Maltese Falcon By: Dashiell Hammett

The Maltese Falcon is a book about a murder mystery and goes into great detail. It involves keeping up with clues and suspects, otherwise you are lost. Dasheill Hammet, the author, is best known for his detective novels. Hammet was very intrigued in Pinkerton spies (spies of the Civil War) that he started to write about private eyes. This detective novel is the only mystery novel I have read and it is very interesting. This book was also created into a movie three times (Dashiell). www.kirjasto.sci.fi/dhammett.htm


It all starts out with a murder and they hire a detective (Sam Spade) to follow a man and watch him. Spade's partner was shot and killed while watching him. Then the Maltese Falcon comes into play, it is worth alot of money and is very valuable. Their is also a beautiful woman and she uses her body and beauty to get what she wants. The Maltese Falcon was retrieved by some people and learned of its value and decided to keep it. Well i guess you will have to pick up the detective novel to see what happens in the end....

At first i didnt quite understand the beginning but as i read more and more it all began to click. Overall i really liked it and i want to read another detective novel like this one because they make you think a little but not too much. It was very interesting and things would happen that made you want to keep reading on. I would not recommend the book if you do not like figuring things out on your own without the author directly telling you the suspect or clue.

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