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Return of the Maltese Falcon
- Author
- Max Allan Collins
- Narrator
- Dan John Miller
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 20 January 2026
- Run Time
- 5 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
THE GREATEST PRIVATE EYE OF ALL TIME RETURNS TO FINISH THE JOB
Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake.
Now, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins (author of Road to Perdition) brings closure to this crime classic, reuniting all the surviving members of the original cast alongside femme fatales, crooked collectors, and greedy gangsters for one more thrilling, deadly chase through the streets, wharves, morgues, bars, and back alleys of 1920s San Francisco—and finally answers the question, Whatever became of the Maltese falcon … ?
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Details
- Author
- Max Allan Collins
- Narrator
- Dan John Miller
- Duration
- 5 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9798899744471
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Synopsis
THE GREATEST PRIVATE EYE OF ALL TIME RETURNS TO FINISH THE JOB Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake. Now, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins (author of Road to Perdition) brings closure to this crime classic, reuniting all the surviving members of the original cast alongside femme fatales, crooked collectors, and greedy gangsters for one more thrilling, deadly chase through the streets, wharves, morgues, bars, and back alleys of 1920s San Francisco—and finally answers the question, Whatever became of the Maltese falcon … ?
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