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The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett · 1929

217 pages

A woman walks into Sam Spade's San Francisco office with a story about a missing sister, and the case becomes a hunt for a jewel-encrusted black bird. Spade's partner is killed, and he must decide whom to trust among liars, thieves and double-crossers.

Tropes

Noir, Femme Fatale, Morally Grey Character, Betrayal

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