ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the trail are a perfumed grifter named Joel Cairo, an oversized adventurer named Gutman, and Spade’s new client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, a beautiful and treacherous woman whose loyalties shift at the drop of a dime.
These are the ingredients of Dashiell Hammett’s coolly glittering gem of detective fiction, a novel that has haunted generations of readers.
*With a new introduction by Richard Russo*
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Release date
December 29, 2010 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780307767516
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780307767516
- File size: 2417 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6
- Lexile® Measure: 420
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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