{"product_id":"book-2gvu","title":"The Maltese falcon","description":"When a mysterious woman walks into the San Francisco offices of Spade and Archer asking for help, private investigator Sam Spade expects a routine case. By the end of the night, his partner is dead—and Spade is caught between the police, a beautiful liar, and a collection of dangerous strangers hunting the same legendary prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the center of it all is the Maltese Falcon: a priceless statuette rumored to conceal a fortune in jewels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Joel Cairo, Casper Gutman, Wilmer Cook, and the elusive Brigid O'Shaughnessy circle one another with competing stories and hidden motives, Spade must navigate a maze of deception, betrayal, greed, and murder without revealing exactly where his own loyalties lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1930, Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon helped define the modern hard-boiled detective novel. Fast, cynical, and relentlessly sharp, it introduced one of crime fiction's most enduring private investigators and established a blueprint for generations of noir storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by Wayne Champion.","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67790171504944,"sku":"BD2gvu","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2gvu","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}