The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett-217 pages
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Sam Spade is a private detective in San Francisco. One day, a woman calling herself "Miss Wonderly" walks into his office and says she wants someone tailed. His name is Floyd Thursby and she says her sister ran off with him and Miss Wonderly is distraught and their parents are out of the country but will be back soon. So starts a twisting, winding story about deception, murder, and a statue of a black bird supposedly worth a lot of money. I didn't find any of the characters especially likable, including Sam Spade. It's a pretty good mystery, though, so it's a decent read overall.
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